Have you ever studied chimneys? Not the mechanics of how they work, or how they are cleaned, but how they look. Given that they spend the...

It always intrigues me when I come across a Sister who has left the Community, of whom there have been several since our foundation. When...

He was rich; he owned much land and money, had a luxurious house, and many servants. He wasn’t going to sell it all and follow Jesus....

Sam was a privileged young man. He had a good education, trained for his station in life, his parents being among the elite in his...

I find myself torn this week: do I talk about Lent, or do I talk about the war in Ukraine? Both are important, yet in both cases I...

I have found Thomas Lawson! You probably didn’t know he was missing … his name came up when I was investigating the past of one of our...

Anyperson enjoyed singing hymns, and recently a line from one of their favourites kept coming back: ‘take from our souls the strain and...

One discovers a myriad of interesting of interesting facts while researching Community history. For example, I knew that the Norwich...

One passage that always amuses me is the one where Samuel anoints David as next king over Israel (1 Samuel 16:1-17). Samuel is presented...

At the end of November, I wrote a piece about our past sisters (imaginatively entitled ‘Past Sisters’); last week I had an email from...

They went straight to Jerusalem when they arrived in Judea, knowing a special child had been born, the King: where else would he be but...

There is a light shining in the darkness. However dark it feels, however much Covid seems as if it will affect our lives forever, however...

Christmas is coming; this will therefore be the last blog of 2021, the next one will appear in January 2022. As we approach Christmas,...

For our Community Advent retreat I normally join Srs Sheila and Elizabeth at Bungay. This year was going to be more complex to arrange...

It was quite exciting, getting back to the library to access one of those ancestry websites on their computers. For various reasons, I...

Christmas is coming; it’s here in the shops, winter lights are going up, and Santa is arriving soon (it feels a bit early to have an...

While reading this story, try to read as though you are the speaker (‘I’), rather than a third person. I saw a huge, grassy plain,...

You know me. You know me through and through. You know the bits I like; You know the parts I hate; You know my wisdom; You know my...

People used to think I was a ghost. As I took my early morning walk around the Convent in winter, dressed in a dark habit, with a black...

While reading a book recently, I came across the question ‘What are you seeking?’. Well, the proper answer is God. Isn’t that who we are...