Sisters of Bethany

Associates

THE SOCIETY OF THE SISTERS OF BETHANY

is a religious order for women
within the anglican communion

Living as a family in Christ
and in the power of the Spirit

Centred in worship and in loving service
to all who would come apart for a while

Seeking to share in the work
of reconciling the divided churches of christendom,
and the whole world to the glory of

GOD THE FATHER

ASSOCIATES: are a body of close friends
who unite their life in prayer to that of the community
and who are accepted as members of an
extended community family.

They live in their homes and accept a simple rule of life
which is the expression of a shared concern
to love and serve God and one another after the
example of

MARY, MARTHA AND LAZARUS

LATEST NEWS:

white squirrel sitting in bird table

Forthcoming Events' 2011 Quiet Days

page: site map - index to all pages
March 2010: Links Page [and website] have been checked and updated.

The Solemn Profession of Sister Elizabeth Pio took place
on Saturday 9th January 2010, postponed from Epiphany - 6 January;
due to snow

Back: Prior William; Sr Katherine Maryel, Sr Gwenyth; Sr Florence May; Bp Trevor; Sr Elizabeth Pio;
Sr Ann Patricia; Fr John Preston
Kneeling: Sr Mary Joy, Margaret Willmott; Mother Rita-Elizabeth; Sr Joanna Elizabeth

Photographs

R I P - Associates in 2011
Trish Beeny
Freda Wilson
Rachel Saunderson
Canon Julian Rudd

Next Associates' Day:
Saturday 9th June 2012
Saturday 29th September 2012

Arrive for Coffee, from 10.15 am
Mass: 11.30 am, followed by Buffet Lunch
Vespers 3.00 pm
followed by Tea

ASSOCIATES ‘ R E T R E A T
At Alton Abbey
12 places
Monday 25 June, arrive 4.00pm
to Thursday 28 June, depart after breakfast

Associates Day - May 2011
Rev Tony and Gill Bevis, who gave the Address Fr Terry Carter and Sister Katherine Maryel
Rev Tony Bevis and Gill, his wife Rev Terry Carter & Sr Katherine Maryel

Patricia, Sr Gwenyth, Fran, Joan

as listed
Terry, Sue, Valerie, Sr Gabriele N., Margot

Patricia and Muriel, listening to Mother Rita-Elizabeth
talking about new Associates' leaflet

Welcome to New Associates:

"In Quietness and in Confidence
shall be your strength"
Isaiah 30:15

Associates Admitted last year

Alison, from Basingstoke,Admitted 19 May 2010

Sisters and Visitors in the House Sr Florence May, Alison, M.Rita-Elizabeth

Joan and Fran, Admitted 9 June 2010

Joan, Sr Florence May, Fran Sisters and Visitors

Eileen, Admitted 30 June
Group who attended Eileen's Admittance as an Associate, including Joy, Lynne, Stella
Fr Preston, Fr Simon and other visitors with Eileen and Sisters

Opening Prayer, from the Office of Admission of an Associate:

Assist us, O Lord, and bless your servants who desire to be received as Associates
of this Community. Accept their services, unite their work with ours,
make them and this Community a blessing to each other and all blessed in you.
Enable them so to be in the world as not to be of the world,
to be faithful among the unfaithful, loving among the unloving,
and a peacemaker to all; and that taking up their cross daily,
and following after you, they may at last be admitted to that everlasting kingdom,
where with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
you live and reign ever one God, world without end. Amen.

To View recent photographs,
Click on the following links

If any Associates wish to know the names of people in the photographs
please contact the Community and we will supply them

*Associates' Day - 31 May 2008*

Associates Days	May Fayre, 5 May 2008	Preparation Day for "Pompey Chimes" April 2008
Easter 3, the Day it Snowed!	Clothing Day 8 October 2007	Christmas 2007/ New Year 2008, with the brethren of Alton Abbey

For more photographs, Click 'here'

For the Address from a recent Associates' Day
Click 'here'