Sisterhood 

			of

			St John the Divine

			
SSJD

			
Founded 1884


			
St John’s Convent

			1 Botham Road, Toronto

			Ontario M2N 2J5

			Canada

			Tel: 416 226 2201 

			Convent, ext.301 

			Guest house, ext. 304

			

			Fax: 416 226 2131

			

			Emails: 

			convent@ssjd.ca

			guestwing@ssjd.ca
		

	

	

		 
	



The Sisterhood of St John the Divine, founded in Canada, is a prayer- and Gospel-centered monastic community, nurtured
by our founding vision, open and responsive to the needs of the Church and the contemporary world, continually
asking the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We are bound together by the call to live out our baptismal covenant in
community.

The traditional religious vows of poverty, celibate chastity and obedience are the way we have chosen to live into
our baptism. Living as we do in a time of immense change, the vows anchor us in the life of Jesus, and in the transforming
experience of the Gospel. Important decisions which affect our lives are made at Chapter meetings and Community
Days.

We are committed to a balance of life in which prayer, work, study, rest and recreation each has its place, and
we commit to live with the tensions involved in seeking that balance. We are called to be a sign of Christ and
forgiving love through the gospel imperatives of prayer, hospitality, spiritual guidance, ministering to those
in need, working for justice and peace, reverence for the whole creation, promoting unity, healing and wholeness.




Sister Constance Joanna SSJD

(Revd Mother, assumed office 9 May 1994)

Sister Elizabeth Ann SSJD

(Assistant to the Revd Mother)









Addresses of other Houses in Canada

St John’s Rehabilitation Hospital, 285 Cummer Avenue, North York, Ontario M2M 2G1 

Tel: 416 226 9582

Fax: 416 226 6265 

Email: hospital@ssjd.ca

This is a public hospital providing speciality rehabilitation and patient-focussed programs in a multi-cultural
and multi-faith environment.



St John’s House/Maison St Jean, 840 Notre Dame Avenue, St Lambert, Quebec J4R 1R8

Tel: 450 671 5898 

Fax: 450 671 5996

Email: maison@ssjd.ca

Facilities for guests, Associates in the East, missions and retreats.





St John's House, BC,

3937 St Peter's Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 2JP

Tel: 250 477 3822

Fax: 250 477 3891

Email: bchouse@ssjd.ca

An SSJD presence in British Colombia. Missions and retreats, preaching, quiet days, and Western Associates.





For further details, see the community website



or obtain a copy of 

The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book.