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Communication Experiments
We’re trying a few new things around here. The forum page was recently rebuilt after the databases got corrupted, and we’re eager to see some communication and conversation there. Starting in July the members will be engaged with a study of the principles in the cloister. We’re also testing out…
Chapter 2016 Service Project
The Annual Group Photo
Chapter 2016 Group Photo
The Servant Council
Part of the work of Chapter 2016 was to prayerfully select a Servant Council to care for the Order. Pictured here are the five professed members who were selected from left to right: Elijah Lefevre, Nancy Menning, Markie Oliver, Shoshanah Kay and Louis Canter. We will be posting brief biographies…
A Meditation Before Council Selection
O God, my God, we want you first and last, Cause you know our whole past When we see all your creatures, consider their features, we all want to know, O God how does your Spirit flow? Can the voice from the Cross overcoming our loss cry out with…
Revised Budget Documents- Please Read
The figures included have been substantially revised based on new and updated data. Please review them carefully. OEF Budget Narrative 2016 OEF New Budget 2017
Brother Rat’s Travel Diary
Here I am in Rutland, Vermont. Yesterday I discovered I had been invited out for lunch by the WELCA women’s group and that they had even supplied some cheese for me. But nobody told me I was invited, so I missed out. John, Sara & Helen all said that they…
Brother Rat’s May Report
In six days we set off for Convocation so I thought I had better start packing a bag. Well, I found one I thought might do and I was sitting on the couch with the bag busy deciding whether to pack a tasty Kiwi or some cheese or both when…
Brother Rat’s April Report
I let Helen share my rule and rule reports with her good friend from the TSSF and I got my very own email in reply. Oh such excitement! Dear Brother Rat, I should be shocked at your Rule, but have to admit that I see some rather startling similarities to…
Brother Rat’s Paschal Report
Living in a vegetarian household is really getting me down. No meat for months, I almost forgot what it tasted like! So late one night I quietly tip toed outside and trapped a hedgehog. I put it in a pot of water and cooked it up. Helen caught me at…