Dive deep. Feel everything. . . Vaike ponders and cherishes a joyfully mysterious week of Easter community.

In this article, Nicole Reinhart reflects on her week at the May Open Course in Toronto.

In this article, James shares his reflections on forgiveness and condemnation and, in particular, a moment in which he experiences the reality of Paul’s words in Romans 8: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.”

In this article, Damien Gilroy, who was ordained in Toronto in the spring of 2022 reflects on his first years as a priest in Australia.

John’s Gospel, chapter four, describes how Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, a place connected to the patriarch of the Old Testament.  Through his powerful words, he heals her wounded past and creates a new future. Like in other scenes, John leads us on a journey from physical perception to soul-spiritual reality.

After a warm welcome dinner from the students, a preparatory conversation with Patrick and Jonah and a Sunday service at Stuttgart-Mitte, five of us embarked on a train journey to Berlin. There we met with the circle of seven to see if they would confirm Patrick and Jonah’s recommendation that we begin the ordination preparation semester in Toronto in January.

On Wednesday, November 22nd, the nine on-site Seminary students presented their work with the Word to the congregation and guests, including the students from Rudolf Steiner College. The sharing was opened by a word about Love from Claire Jerram. In this article we are happy to share the transcript of her speech and more details about the event.

Seminary Student Gloria Connell, from Chile, writes about experiencing Michaelmas in the spring in the southern hemisphere, and in autumn in the north.

In the last four weeks, we have slowly been preparing the foundations for working towards an Altar Painting. Under the guidance of Regine Kurek (our Art Teacher), we started this somewhat terrifying task by drawing faces with charcoal. In this way, we were able to explore different expressions and age groups as well as practicing to draw eyes, mouths, and noses

Camilla’s internship project specifically focuses on how to best provide children and families with the spiritual nourishment needed today. She and her mentor priests Emma Heirman and Matthias Giles have begun their studies on this question with an early book by Evelyn Francis Derry (Capel), the first woman Christian Community priest ordained in England, called Growing Up in Religion. Together, they continue to experiment and adapt the Children’s Program in ways that encourage the children to feel connected to the altar, to the priests and to the life of the congregation.