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Community of the Sisters of the Church

An international body of women within the Anglican Communion

UK: Hospitality Ministry at Ham | Programme

Vocations

The Religious Life is a way of living the Gospel, putting oneself at God's disposal, an offering of the self to God to be used as God wills.

The Postulant begins with a time of sharing in the everyday life and worship of the Community for at least six months. She can then ask to receive the Community cross and habit of a novice. The novitiate is a time to deepen experience of God and of herself, to develop a ministry and become more involved in all aspects of Community life. To move on from one stage to the next is always a mutual decision by the individual and the Community, and she may leave at any time.

After a minimum of three years as a novice she can be accepted as a Junior Sister, renewing the promises she made as a novice to live and work in the spirit of Religious Life as a Sister of the Church, but with increasing responsibility in the life of the Community.

After experiencing the Religious Life in this way for three to six years the Sister may then ask to be Professed in Life Vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, endeavouring to live out her commitment until death, through God's enabling gift.

In general the only distinguishing symbol worn by the Sisters is the Community Cross since we desire to bear witness in our own day, to the common human vocation to holiness. The habit is worn for festivals and other appropriate occasions.

In the Canadian Province, if you have a query about the religious life, please send a letter to the Sister Provincial including your address, phone number and a brief autobiography. This information will be held confidentially. We regret we are unable to accept enquiries via e-mail.

For contact details for other Provinces, please click here.

I have come to do your will, O God. (Hebrews 10:7)

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