OBS Newsletter – July 2018

by Colleen Glass | Jul 3, 2018 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats

Dear friends, Its likely this weekend that many Canadians are enjoying friends and family and no doubt reflecting on the opportunities and good fortune many of us have living in this young country. They may also, along with many others, be enthralled in world soccer...

OBS Newsletter – May 2018

by Colleen Glass | May 24, 2018 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats, Social Events

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OBS Newsletter – April 2018

by Colleen Glass | May 23, 2018 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats, Social Events

Good full moon evening friends and members of the OBS, Tomorrow we welcome back the Sangha from Tisarana Monastery and the Bhikkhuni’s at Sati Saraniya Hermitage as they emerge from their three month winter retreats. The OBS invitations for teaching were...

OBS Newsletter – February 2018

by Colleen Glass | Feb 3, 2018 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats

Good morning Friends and Members of the OBS, Warm greetings on a cold winter’s morning. All are welcome to this evening’s Quaker House meeting with Bhante Jinananda. The meditation at the Quaker House on Fourth Avenue will begin at 7:30 pm followed by...

OBS Newsletter – June 2017

by Colleen Glass | Jun 1, 2017 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats

Good afternoon friends and members of the OBS, For the moment, the valley is flooded with sunlight. Flowering lilacs ring the neighbourhood walkways, majestic alliums reach skyward and the unfurling compound leaves of the walnuts are here. The rain has stopped, for...

OBS Newsletter – May 2017

by Colleen Glass | May 3, 2017 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Retreats

Good morning friends and members of the OBS, The OBS warmly welcomes Ayya Medhanandi to Quaker House this coming Friday Evening, May 5th following the winter retreat. Years ago, in an interview, Women at the Forefront with Jayanta Shirley Johannensen I read about the...