How does a woman whose family seem very focussed on Leominster, in Herefordshire, end up at a Convent in rural Norfolk? The answer to...

Have you noticed how many of Paul’s letters begin with giving thanks? It’s not all of them, but many start this way; often it is Paul...

There is much to learn when you join a Religious Community; one of the most important is where and when you should be silent. Places and...

Our lives are so much more than the bare facts, which is something that can be most frustrating when researching past Sisters. Take Sr...

Standing at a place of deep history, surrounded by Sand Martins: swooping, diving, fluttering, darting, speeding along above the...

While I have researched many of our past Sisters, and some of those adults who had links with us, in order to give a rounded picture of...

Peter was the rock, the one on whom Jesus would build his church; he was a leader among the disciples, one of only three to witness the...

There are times when I look at the information I have for a Sister and wonder if it is correct. Sr Elizabeth, the second person to take...

I wonder how many of you know that our original work was actually founded before the Community was? Our House of Mercy took in fallen...

Were any of you ever the last to be chosen? School PE lessons were always one place where someone would be picked last. The two captains...

“Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” ask the disciples in Matthew 18 (verses 1-4). At the last Supper, they actually argue over...

We’ve had several Sisters over the years who have used the name ‘Winifred’; two who have been simply Winifred as well as Sr Winifred...

As a Novice in the Community, my work was varied, depending on which Sister I was working with at the time. One of my memories is the...

They were children, quarrelling. Some were playing weddings, but their companions would not rejoice; others were playing funerals, but...

Decent people did not associate with tax collectors and sinners, so when they joined Jesus for a meal, the pharisees were shocked, asked...

He was an occupier in a foreign land. Although, to be honest, he was not that important, merely one of the ruling forces, and was...

There are stories which pass through the generations and it can be difficult to know their truth; it happens in religious communities as...

Imagine a different scenario playing out after the death of Jesus. Peter has denied knowing him; he realises what he has done, leaves and...

Back in October 2023, I wrote about two birth Sisters who both joined the Community in our early days: Sr Mary Rose and Sr Alice. I want...

So there we have them. The disciples. They’re shattered, lost and have seen their world end. Jesus is dead. You cannot come back from...