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Saturday, July 14, 2007

SSJE monastery gives troops a place to heal

From Episcopal Life Online (formerly Episcopal News Service):

Monks of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE) are joining forces with a member of the Massachusetts National Guard to help men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan find a safe place to heal.

Read the full story here.
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7 comments:

  1. johniebJuly 14, 2007 at 11:13 AM

    Thank you; I've been looking for the right place, and have been intrigued with SSJE for twenty years w/o acting on it.

    There are other fine choices, of course: too many. Prior Aelred? Brother Tobias? I do not wish to be the occasion of sin for anyone.

    You also made several good suggestions, as I now re-collect; I have much to ponder.

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  2. johniebJuly 14, 2007 at 11:17 AM

    Yeah, cryptic; ya think? I only mention people whom I admire, but do not know, nor they me.

    Things are very well indeed with my soul, and getting much better. I do not wish to cause any anxiety by being euphoric; I am well-rested again. So far, so good.

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  3. johniebJuly 14, 2007 at 11:39 AM

    I just wrote an E-mail to the general site of SSJE.

    Continued wishes for the prayers of you all

    Continuing rest in this life and whatever's next with Jesu.

    And now to calm down.

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  4. Mike FarleyJuly 14, 2007 at 3:48 PM

    Thank you, Jane, for posting this - really good news indeed! We need something like this over here in the UK for our own people returning from these wars...

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  5. June ButlerJuly 14, 2007 at 4:53 PM

    What a wonderful work that the monks and Capt. Cox are doing.

    Johnieb, I will pray for you.

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  6. Jane RJuly 14, 2007 at 6:38 PM

    Hallo, Mike -- thanks for the visit. Always good to read you.

    JohnieB, prayers for your continued healing and well-being, and for all veterans of wars, of all ages and generations. I think you'd like the SSJE brothers and place. I used to go to their open weekday Eucharist, long before I ever became an Anglican; the first in a series of wonderful relationships with Anglican religious orders.

    I'm really happy and grateful for the conversations taking place about the effects of war -- during Vietnam, as most of your remember, it was a whole other story, or rather, there weren't enough stories.

    This is indeed a good thing, and what a perfect ministry for a monastery. They also welcome workers for peace. A place of refuge for all with attention to the concerns and lives of each.

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  7. johniebJuly 15, 2007 at 6:27 AM

    Thank you for your prayers, Mimi and Jane; still a work in progress.

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