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Ascension Day 1869 would have been one of great rejoicing in our Community, for it was the day a Sister made her vows. Not only was Sr...
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- Nov 21
The blind man and Zacchaeus
Determination Quite what the motivation of the rich ruler was in asking how he could attain eternal life, we don’t know; but it obviously...
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- Nov 14
Sister Anne Drew
Sixty Years. Christmas is always a season to celebrate, but for William and Hannah Drew the 25th December had extra resonance as the day...
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- Nov 10
Sr Ann Cecilia
Where is your home? As the youngest of Matthias and Margaret Edge’s six children, Ann must have grown used to her siblings being away...
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- Oct 31
Saints and Thanks
Saintly? I have had a fondness for St Teresa of Avila, ever since I discovered that she was born on the same date as me (although I...
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- Oct 24
Glory to God
Last week’s Blog nearly never made it; it was all written, when my laptop decided not to connect to the internet, and while I know there...
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- Oct 18
Good News?
There were many different types of work that a newcomer might be given on joining the Community. However, Sr Winifred has entered...
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- Oct 10
Love your neighbour
Convents are peaceful places, right? Full of prayer, and Sisters who love each other, and a sense of peace that hits you as soon as you...
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- Sep 20
Risen!
Charles Cousins, a Commercial Traveller employed to sell the products of his company, married a widow, Emma Osmund Moore, in 1849 at St...
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- Sep 13
Blessed?
‘Blessed are the poor’ says Jesus in Luke 6; yet I wonder how many people today feel blessed because they are poor, in a time when it is...
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- Sep 5
Sister Agnes.
Sometimes, researching the past leaves me with more questions than it finds. Take Sr Agnes as an example. Sr Violet had told me, years...
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- Aug 31
Choosing Love
Do you? The two greatest commandments in the law are that to love the Lord your God with all heart and all your soul and all your mind...
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- Aug 22
Fixed on God.
Sr Harriet was a widow, which makes finding her background more complicated. In addition, she was born in Ireland, so may or may not...
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- Aug 16
Believe in Love?
I was back in the Convent Chapel last week; realising how much I had gained from that space, but also that I had let it go and moved on...
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- Aug 11
Hear
Where would Jesus be? I couldn’t help pondering that question as I watched some of the Norwich Pride parade. It was a colourful scene,...
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- Aug 2
How do you love?
What would it be like if we could call down fire from heaven whenever we felt like it? (see Luke 9:51-56). Every time someone irritated...
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- Jul 27
Can you see?
It is the treasure hidden in the field, the pearl of great price, that you would give everything you own to possess. Yet not everyone...
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- Jul 18
Sr Alice Louisa
Where? I couldn’t find Sr Alice Louisa’s family. Her parents, Robert and Harriet Rolfe, married in 1839, and in the 1841 census they,...
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