Creative Musings from the Convent

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The Angel of Sardis to the Church (Revelation 3: 1-8) The angel of Sardis who sees right through our lives and our works holds out a challenge of growing in attentiveness and

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The Angel of Thyatira to the Church (Revelation 2: 18-29) The angel of Thyatira who speaks with eyes of fire and feet of bronze holds out a challenge about gentleness and mindfulness,

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The Angel of Pergamum to the Church (Revelation 2: 12-17) The angel of Pergamum who speaks with a sharp-biting sword holds out the challenge of faithfulness and the gift of patience and

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The angel of Smyrna who speaks as the first and the last, as one dead who has come to life and holds out the challenge of trust and the gift of the

Sister Doreen’s Reflections The Angel of Ephesus to the church(Revelation 2: 1-7) The angel of Ephesus who speaks words of affirmation and encouragement and holds out the challenge of learning to live in the present,

Sister Doreen’s Reflections This spring, during May, I had the privilege while on holiday in British Columbia, of visiting Associate in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. While in Victoria, we had a meeting of Associates

Sister Doreen’s Reflections A sharing of one of my favorite Canticles attributed to St Clare of Assisi. Some years ago, we were introduced by Brother Robert of the Society of St. Frances to the beautiful

Sister Doreen’s Reflections Transformed by the Transfiguration: we won’t have transfiguration without transformation. I read in the Newfoundland and Labrador Church Newspaper and Bishop Watton’s message the following after he reflected upon our experiences of

Sister Doreen’s Reflections “Now that we have arrived [at the end of July and the beginning of August] no matter where we live, summer brings a certain kind of freedom from care that is unlike

Sister Doreen’s Reflections When I finished the reflection of more ways to pray and thought about some of the list at the end of that reflection, I began to think that one other helpful form