Lydia Foreman, Eliza Whitlock and Emily Dempsey were all women who needed to reconfigure their lives, and their means of earning their...

How often do you relax with God? Praying, yes, but in a way that enables you to lean into the greatness and mercy of God’s love for you. ...

You could guarantee how the preacher would start their sermon. Every year, once a year. Every year a different preacher. Every year the...

In exploring the lives of those of our early novices who did not remain in the Community, I have found it interesting that several also...

Hananiah could not stand the man. He was so negative and dragged down God’s people with his false prophecies, foretelling doom and...

We can all have our own individual relationship with God; when we pray, that may well be a time for ‘me and God’ (or possibly that should...

I well remember harvest that year. 2004, I think it was. At that point, the Community Summer retreat took place at the end of August and...

You know what it’s like when you get something in your eye: you’re focussed on this irritation until you’ve managed to remove it. Yes,...

I was not sure that I would ever find out who Sr Alice Faith was. She was one of our Third Order, which was established for women who had...

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog may have noticed the (inadvertent) challenge I set you last week, where I neglected to...

I’ve been intrigued a few times recently by hearing that something will ‘reduce the chance of death’. It’s an interesting phrase because,...

It can be difficult to believe in a love that never fails when we live in a world where so often it does. We see the failure of love...

Born in 1847 in North Shields, Northumberland, Sr Jane was the daughter of Francis and Margaret Buck, according to her baptism record....

Most of us have various different groupings to which we belong. Family, work, friends. Then there are other organisations, which may well...

Samuel is sent to anoint one of Jesse’s sons as king of Israel. He is rather reluctant because, if Saul hears of it, he will be in...

Mary Magdalene is one of the better known women of the New Testament. She was healed by Jesus of seven devils and then followed him, with...

Sr Maria remains something of a mystery to me. I can find nothing of her background, so the only information I have is of her time in...

As I write, it is the anniversary of Sr Winifred’s death. In worldly terms, her legacy was not huge; she left no will, and had no money...

He was seen in the heart of this place of worship; this man who had been stirring up controversy wherever he went, diverting people from...

For the last few years of her life, Clara Louisa Latter was an Associate of our Community; I mentioned this in a blog back in April....