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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
Guest Ministry Email: guestministry@csjb.org
Phone: 973-543-4582

​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.
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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.

Capital Campaign:
​St. Marguerite's Roof
Goal: $380,000
Raised so far: over $82,000

Our next goal for the CSJB Capital Campaign is to raise enough money to replace the 112-year-old roof on St. Marguerite's Retreat House.

It's easy to help! Just donate by check or online to the St. John the Baptist Foundation and specify "St. Marguerite's Roof" on the ledger line of your check or in the "purpose" section of your online Paypal donation. We thank you for supporting our ministries of retreat and spiritual direction which are so necessary in today's world.

CLICK HERE to learn more about how to donate through the CSJB Capital Campaign.

Upcoming Events

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. Please email Sister Monica at srmc@csjb.org if you are interested in joining.

A description of this silent contemplative practice can be found HERE.

A SOCIALLY DISTANCED HALLOWEEN

​OCTOBER 31,  FROM 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Hilltop House, 14 Hilltop Rd. in Mendham, NJ. 

Supported by the Mendham Community Faith Leaders: Brookside Community Church, CSJB, Grace Lutheran Church, Hilltop Presbyterian Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and Mendham United Methodist Church.

​For more info. email Sister Monica Clare at srmc@csjb.org.
CLICK HERE FOR A FLYER.

CSJB ASSOCIATE PRAYERS
​ON ZOOM

NOVEMBER 6, 10:30 AM- 11:00 AM

If you’re a CSJB Associate and you’d like to join us for Zoom prayers on the first Friday of every month, email Pat McKenzie at mckenziepat@gmail.com

If you would like to learn more about becoming an Associate, we’d love to hear from you! Just email Sister Monica Clare at srmc@csjb.org
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Future dates for Associate Prayers on Zoom are:
        Dec 4, 2020 10:30 AM
        Jan 1, 2021 10:30 AM
        Feb 5, 2021 10:30 AM

Conversation with God:
Jewish and Christian perspectives on prayer

Sponsored by Interweave
Saturday, November 7 - 1:30 - 3pm 
Via Zoom

Prayer is the foundation of our spiritual life. How do we call on the sacred? How do we interact with our God? During this program we will examine prayer from both the Jewish and Christian perspective, reflecting on prayer's many facets from supplication, the giving of thanks to confession and praise. Led by Rabbi Debra Smith and Sr. Eleanor Francis, we will come to a better understanding our different traditions, while discovering how much we share in the practice of prayer. 

Rabbi Debra Smith (Reb Deb) is the leader of Congregation Or Ha Lev. Reb Deb is the Rabbi in Residence at the Drew University Theological School and co-chair of a Morris County NJ chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam-Shalom

Sr. Eleanor Francis is an Episcopal priest and a member (former superior) of the Community of St. John Baptist. She has strong roots and connections with both Vedanta and Judaism and has given many programs on interfaith topics.

$20/ 15 for Interweave Members - Limited Spaces

CLICK HERE ​to Sign up today!

JOIN US FOR PRAYER ON ZOOM

Friday November 20
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern time.

The Community of St. John Baptist invites you via Zoom to meet for a half-hour prayer service for comfort and strength during these difficult times. We welcome all who would like to pray with us on the third Friday of each month.

Future dates are: 
        Dec 18, 2020 10:30 AM
        Jan 15, 2021 10:30 AM

Please email Oblate Pat McKenzie for the Zoom info. at:
mckenziepat@gmail.com

Let’s join together to pray for ourselves, our neighbors, our church, and the world.

CONCERT AT THE CONVENT

​Sunday November 22
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern time.

CLICK HERE for more Information

This is a fundraiser for our Capital Campaign. Please email concerts@csjb.org for information on how to register and receive the link to this livestreamed concert.

Celtic Journeys 2020: 

Due to the Corona Virus pandemic, our 2020 Celtic Journeys has to be cancelled.

Please see our trips for 2021!
https://www.celticjourneys.org/copy-of-ireland
https://www.celticjourneys.org/cornwall
For more information, contact Sister Margo Elizabeth:
Phone:973 543 4641 ext 4                      
Email: srmargo@gmail.com
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AN ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING OUR FALL EVENTS

The scheduling of our regular fall events has been delayed as we await word from Governor Murphy and Bishop Carlye J. Hughes regarding in-person gatherings. Please check back here for updated information on these:

OBLATES MEETING Nov. 14
Oblates meetings are taking place via Zoom until further notice

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
Waiting for scheduling after in-person gatherings are permitted.

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The early years 1874-1939
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