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Wednesday Musings

By Shannon, Assistant Coordinator of the Companions Program It’s Wednesday and the Companions and I have just finished our weekly discussion group. As I gather my tea and rise from my chair, I marvel for

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A Morning Meditation

By Kelsea, SSJD Companion I am not sure how I wake up to my alarm. It gives off one little pulse on the sixth hour of the day. It is imperceptible, though it does the

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Holding Onto God’s “Cantus Firmus”

by Jasmine, SSJD Companion   Dietrich Bonhoeffer once described life to his friends as a polyphonic composition, with God’s love as the cantus firmus and our life stories as the counter-melody. All together they make

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Women At A Crossroads Program

by Jane Christmas What is a woman to do when she gets the itch to change direction; when the direction itself is as mystifying as the reason to change in the first place; and when

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The Wise Men, the Star and Me.

By Florence, SSJD Companion. Christmas 2019 came and went very quickly. It was not just another Christmas. It was different for me, because I spent it in the SSJD convent. I was hoping it to

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Meet Our 2019-2020 Companions!

We are delighted to introduce the 2019-2020 Companions to you. Without further ado, please meet Jasmine, Kelsea and Florence. Hello, I am Jasmine, a music therapist and a companion at the Sisterhood of St. John

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Cleansing Vessels

My fingertips are dipped in scorching water on the eve of the first snowfall.Dipped in holy water; cleansing vessels.Warmed by these tears, this ritual, and sacrament;frigid moments before.Purify me, O Holy One. Evening made its

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Storytelling

Writing a rule of life is like writing a story while you sit on a park bench in the pouring rain waiting for the sun to come out: you want to be in the right frame

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Come Home

These wandering tales and postings as a Companion have followed me through the gospel. Through Advent, in joyful expectation and the coming of the light. Birth has carried to term transformation; a new miracle. From

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“Put on the Lord Jesus Christ”

Homilies for the Paschal Triduum by Fr Bill Morrison, for St John’s House, Victoria April 18, 19, 21, 2019           Maundy Thursday “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things

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