Companions Blog

Becoming an Oblate of the Anglican Sisterhood of St. John the Divine has brought me many gifts. Perhaps one of the ones I value most is being introduced to Benedictine spirituality. As I first discerned

During a recent Centering Prayer retreat at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, I ventured forth on an afternoon hike, scrambling up a steep cliff to check out some rock formations that had enticed me

Well, it has been a month since I took my Promises as an Oblate of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. And a month wearing the St. John’s Cross visibly and constantly. And for

“Prefer nothing whatever to Christ,” St. Benedict says in his little Rule. And he also says, “Let all guests be received as Christ.” He wants us to put Christ first, to sit at his feet,

God said to Moses, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.“ (Exodus 3:5) The story of Moses and the burning bush in

I was recently blessed by a stay at St. John’s Convent and the monastic daily rhythm of prayer (Morning, Evening and Night Prayer). Whenever I come, it is so easy to step back into that

Martha Holman, a writer for the Toronto Anglican, interviewed Katja Nack, a 23-year-old university student from Germany, who arrived at St. John’s Convent in March for a three-month internship as an Alongsider. “I study English

Earlier this year, our daughter  was in England for 2 months as a Fine Arts theatre student from Memorial University in Newfoundland – at their campus in Harlow, about 35 km north east of London.

I recently returned from an auto trip to visit family and friends in Ohio, Virginia, and Maryland. I love driving alone in a car on the open highway or on country roads. It’s like being

  People often ask why we call Good Friday “good” – it seems to be a dark and gloomy day, a day when we remember the horrible, agonizing execution of Jesus. And the movies and