Join the sisters of St John the Divine for tea and conversation followed by Eucharist at 5pm. RSVP by email to Sr Doreen McGuff
Background
The Sisterhood of St John the Divine was founded in 1884 by a Canadian woman, Hannah Grier Coome. She grew up in Carrying Place and in Belleville, Ontario; married an architect; and went to live in England where her husband was employed by an engineering firm.
While in England, Mrs Coome came to know the Sisters of St. Mary, an Anglican community in Wantage. Soon after she and her husband returned to Canada in 1881, her husband died and she began to think about going back to England and joining the sisters at Wantage.
Before the 1880s, there was no religious community for women in Canada, although there were many in England and the United States.
*source ssjd.ca/history
Photo credit:Sisterhood of St John the Divine
Left to right:Sister Jessica, Sister Dorothy, Sister Amy Joy, Sister Doreen