Many years ago, my grandparents gave me a ‘Bible through the year’, where passages from the Old and New Testaments, together with a...

In 1851, William Dredge, one time secretary to Berkshire Hospital and later house agent and accountant, was living in Reading, with his...

The Boss was going away for a few months, and she entrusted her investments to some of her employees, each according to their ability....

Our Sisters came from a variety of backgrounds, and many places. Several were born abroad, some came from East Anglia, but others came...

Looking directly through somebody’s window is normally seen as rather nosy, but right now you have the privilege of doing exactly that,...

Sometimes, the history of our Sisters is quite clear; at others, it is almost impossible to discover; there are times, though, when what...

Five thousand people had been fed; the disciples were in the boat, rowing across the lake, while Jesus had remained behind to pray. It...

Walking through Norwich, I passed a housing estate; this particular estate was slightly different to others, though. This estate had, I...

Jesus was busy speaking to those who came to see him; people were crowding round him, and he was teaching them. According to Mark’s...

I have been able to discover many details about the backgrounds of some Sisters; others I can find only a little about, or occasionally...

Queen Vashti had been summoned to appear before the King; he didn’t wish to talk to her, he just wanted to show her off. He’d been giving...

Sr Mary Sophia’s profession seems to have marked a turning point in the Community’s history. Only the fourth Sister to be professed,...

Sparrows are not exactly two a penny anymore, so to be told we are worth more than many of them has a rather different impact now than in...

It’s nice to be proved right. The blog I wrote about Sr Harriet (see Fixed on God, August 22nd 2022) made it clear that I could not be...

I got it wrong. I’ve no idea why, but I mis-counted. In last week’s blog, I stated that in 1881 Sr Lenora was living with her parents and...

Sr Lenora wasn’t exactly late for her own funeral, but it did happen later than intended. She died on January 17th 1945, and it was...

“Novices shall be allowed to retain their hair until Profession, owing to the great inconvenience to rejected Novices”. So states a...

“Do you love me?” asks Jesus of Peter (see John 21). “Do you love me?” asks Jesus of us – and how do we answer? Do we love Jesus? and how...

Anyperson didn’t like themselves. They knew they were horrible and stupid, and condemning, negative feelings of shame and hate would come...

Sister Elizabeth Sarah It is the 23rd December 1856; the day Sarah Maria Watts married Samuel Howes at the parish of St John Timberhill...