November 8, 2004, and Brs. James Koester and Robert L’Esperance March 30-April 12, 2005. Br. Timothy recounts how his experience “was awesome and inspiring.” “I came back with a clearer understanding of what it is to lay down one’s life for the Gospel. The Palestinian Christians have modeled Christian witness in the face of persecution and I have a new understanding of what it means to ‘take up your cross daily and follow Jesus’” SSJE brothers will serve as chaplains in two upcoming courses June 17-30 and August 2-15, 2005. See p. 15 for more information. In February Brs. Rufus Van Horn and Charles LaFond led a Lenten mission in New Orleans for St. Andrew’s and Grace Episcopal Churches on the theme of baptism.
Canterbury Cathedral
During Holy Week Br. Geoffrey Tristram offered daily lectures at Canterbury Cathedral, England, entitled “Praying the Way of the Cross” and shared in the rich liturgies of Passiontide and Easter.
Br. John Oyama
The Society of Saint John the Evangelist
Br. Roy Cockrum
In April, Brs. Roy Cockrum and Eldridge Pendleton represented SSJE at the annual meeting of the Council on Anglican Religious Orders in the Americas (CAROA), hosted by the sisters of the Society of St. John the Divine at their newly-constructed convent in Toronto. Dr. Fredrica Harris Thompsett, the Mary Wolfe Professor of Historical Theology at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, and long-time Dr. Fredrica friend of the Thompsett community, will be the guest preacher at our annual Fellowship of Saint John Day celebration, Saturday, May 7th. The liturgy, beginning at 11:00 a.m., is followed by a luncheon in the cloister garden. Members of the Fellowship, RSVP by April 25th if you can be with us for this springtime celebration: guesthouse@ssje.org
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