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    This event has moved to Zoom on Thursday nights. Please email srmc@csjb.org for more information.
Phone: 973-543-4641
Email for general inquiries: 
​superior@csjb.org
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Guest Ministry Email: 
​guestministry@csjb.org
Phone: 973-543-4582
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The Nun Better Gift Shop on Etsy:
Handmade items from our Sisters

​By centering our lives in prayer and worship, we seek to:

  • Build community among ourselves
  • Live by the Vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience
  • Prepare a place where hearts may be open to receive God's love.
CSJB BOOKS
The Second Spring is available at the Convent. Just email 
sr-pamela@csjb.org
$25 + $5 shipping and handling
​Email sr-pamela@csjb.org to order.
Not Just an Ordinary Pony
by Sister Margo Elizabeth
​is available at most online booksellers
From Generation to Generation: Essays by Children of Holocaust Survivors
contains an essay by Sister Eleanor Francis
CLICK HERE and scroll down on the page to see all five books about CSJB by Valerie Bonham

Prayer Requests

Pray for justice and peace, and for the well-being of all people.
We are offering prayers for anyone
who might need them
during these anxious and uncertain times.  
​Please click the button below
to fill in our prayer request form.
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Would you like to help preserve our sacred space?

The cost of replacement for our septic system was $481,598 and our friends and benefactors provided the entire amount! Thank you!
CLICK HERE to learn more about how to donate to our upcoming projects through the CSJB Capital Campaign..

events and programS

CENTERING PRAYER
Every Thursday from 7:15 to 8:15
On Zoom
Our Centering Prayer group has been meeting for many years and it is one of our most popular ministries. Guests can gather on Zoom. Guests can gather on Zoom. Please email Sister Eleanor Francis at sref@csjb.org if you are interested in joining.

A description of this silent contemplative practice can be found HERE.
CLASS: THE JEWISHNESS OF JESUS
​Every Friday morning  - On Zoom
​Rabbi Deb Smith and Sister Eleanor Francis will take up the class again for the fall on September 9. The hours are 10:30 to 11:30. It is an interfaith study. All are welcome. In the fall our topic will be “The Sermon on the Mount” from both a Jewish and Christian standpoint.  We can take a few more members but expect homework! 

​If you think you may be interested, please contact Sr. Eleanor Francis at
sref@csjb.org
​or phone 973-543-4649 ex. 3. ​
CSJB Associates Retreat
May 6, 2023 – 10 am to 1 pm
with
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
Topic: Canticle 12 
The Song of Creation
The Rev. Barbara Crafton, prolific writer (winner of many awards), spiritual director, retreat conductor, and amazing creative human being will return on Zoom so many of you will be able to participate in the program on Saturday, May 6, 2023, 10 am to 1 pm
To register, please send your name, email address and a check for $50 (or whatever you can afford) to:  "Community of St. John Baptist.” On the memo line write “Associates Program.”
Mail to: Community of St. John Baptist c/o Sr. Eleanor Francis P.O. Box 240 Mendham, NJ 07945
Close to the date of the program our host, using your email address, will send you a link

To learn more about Celtic Journeys, Sister Margo Elizabeth's pilgrimages to holy places in Ireland and the UK, 
click on the image above or go to ​www.celticjourneys.org

To purchase a copy of Living Stones, the history of our Community in the U.S.
​Please email Sister Pamela at
sr-pamela@csjb.org.
​or click on the image above to purchase on Amazon.
The Good Shepherd Home in Cameroon, West Africa, provides a loving home, family, and education to babies and children who would have otherwise been abandoned. Click on the image above of go to www.goodshepherdhome.org to learn more.