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...

I was offered a tract the other week, by someone I passed in the street; when I refused, he pointed out that it would tell me how to be...

“On the night of Nov 6th Sr Mary Elizabeth passed to her rest. She had been resident at Heigham Hall since 1886” says the Community Diary...

There are many Sisters within our Community who have used their middle names, rather than their first ones, starting with M. Lavinia and...

I’m Thomas – the one they call Didymus. You probably know me better as doubting Thomas. But Didymus is the name I was called among the...

Sr Kate was one of those Sisters who dedicated her life to only one of our works; a lay Sister, she is found at the House of Mercy in all...

How often do you throw stones? Metaphorically, if not literally? Stoning was the prescribed punishment for adulterers in the Old...

It’s strange how memory works. I’ve got a distinct memory of an anecdote, but realised the person I thought had told me, couldn’t have...

They owed their boss millions of pounds: re-paying the debt was proving impossible, but their boss was growing impatient. Summoned before...

Researching the background of our Sisters throws up some interesting comparisons, as well as the occasional tragedy. Take Sr Marianna:...