Society of St. John the Evangelist fonds

Description
Start Date: 
1927
End Date: 
1983
Physical Description: 
.24 m of textual records
History Biographical: 
The Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE and aka the Cowley Fathers), founded in the parish of Cowley, England in 1866 by Richard Meaux Benson, is the oldest religious order for men in the Anglican Communion. The society was the first stable religious order to be established in the Anglican Communion since the English Reformation of the sixteenth century. It is recognized officially as a religious community by the Anglican Church of Canada. The SSJE brothers live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience. In North America, the brothers preach, teach and write on the life of prayer, and offer spiritual direction and formation. Individual brothers work in a variety of local and regional ministries-with students, with prisoners, and with persons affected by HIV and AIDS. The brothers maintained a publishing company, Cowley Publications (now part of Rowman & Littlefield publishers), that produced books on topics related to prayer and spirituality for an ecumenical readership. With the encouragement of Bishop Rocksborough R. Smith, 4th Bishop of Algoma, the SSJE founded a community in Bracebridge, Ontario in 1928 and based in the Collegiate Church of St. John the Evangelist. Bishop Smith was an annual visitor to the Mother house of U. S. Cowley Fathers is the Monastery of St. Mary and St. John, on the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. The community ceased operations in Bracebridge in the mid 1980s and sold the property.
Scope Content: 
Fonds comprises records documenting the religious communities within the Anglican and Episcopal churches of the Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE aka the Cowley Fathers), the Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD), and the sisters of St.Margaret, who were established in Bracebridge, Ont. in the 1920s. Includes notes, correspondence, administrative records and reports, printed draft revisions of the SSJE's rule and statutes, the dedication of the Collegiate Church of St. John the Evangelist in Bracebridge, publications of the SSJE ("The Dominion" aka "The Little Paper") and of the Sisters of St. Margaret ("The Little Paper: Sisters of St. Margaret") and of the SSJD ("Hilltop and Valley"), as well as other publications and a manuscript about and by the SSJE. Also includes some records on the history of the Muskoka region and Bracebridge.
Repository: 
Algoma University
Admin
Access Restriction: 
May be restrictions on access and use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement and the Anglican Church of Canada's policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to established university policies and to applicable privacy legislation.
Repro Restriction: 
May be restrictions on access and use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement and the Anglican Church of Canada's policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to established university policies and to applicable privacy legislation.

"Where are you going?": for Men (and Women) of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. or the Church of Canada

Description
Start Date: 
1945
End Date: 
1945
Date Range: 
[After 1945]
Physical Description: 
.2 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Canadian Cowley, S.S.J.E. Bracebridge

Description
Start Date: 
1935
End Date: 
1935
Date Range: 
1935
Physical Description: 
1 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Canadian Cowley, S.S.J.E. Bracebridge, Second Edition

Description
Start Date: 
1940
End Date: 
1940
Date Range: 
1940
Physical Description: 
.2 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Canadian Cowley, S.S.J.E. Bracebridge, Third Edition

Description
Start Date: 
1950
End Date: 
1950
Date Range: 
1950
Physical Description: 
.2 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Chapter Minutes and Correspondence

Description
Start Date: 
1966
End Date: 
1980
Date Range: 
1966-1980
Physical Description: 
2.5 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

Collegiate Church of St. John the Evangelist (Bracebridge, Ont.) sous fonds

Baptism Register

Description
Start Date: 
1939
End Date: 
1982
Date Range: 
1939-1982
Physical Description: 
3.8 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-093-001
Container Number: 
001

Parish Register

Description
Start Date: 
1946
End Date: 
1982
Date Range: 
1946-1982
Physical Description: 
4.5 cm of textual records
Notes: 
Baptisms, 1946-1970|Marriages, 1946-1982|Burials, 1947-1982|Confirmations, 1947-1977
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-093-001
Container Number: 
001

Correspondence, Reports, Newsletters and Other Material

Description
Start Date: 
1961
End Date: 
1983
Date Range: 
1961-1983
Physical Description: 
2.5 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

Cowley Fathers, A Study of the Beginning of Monasticism in the Anglican Church of Canada by Johnston Bain Peever

Description
Start Date: 
1963
End Date: 
1963
Date Range: 
1963
Physical Description: 
1.5 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

God's Rock Garden, The Little Paper of the Sisters of Saint Margaret

Description
Start Date: 
1933
End Date: 
1944
Date Range: 
1933-1944
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Hilltop and Valley, Sisters of St. John the Evangelist

Description
Start Date: 
1948
End Date: 
1957
Date Range: 
1948-1957
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

His Dominion, The Little Paper of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, The Cowley Fathers

Description
Start Date: 
1929
End Date: 
1939
Date Range: 
1929-1939
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Muskoka Lore, from the Diary of R. H. Loosemore

Description
Start Date: 
1951
End Date: 
1951
Date Range: 
1951
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

Psalms Then and Now, R. F. Palmer

Description
Start Date: 
1965
End Date: 
1965
Date Range: 
1965
Physical Description: 
1.5 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

Readiness and Decency, A Simple Method of Celebrating the Holy Eucharist and Other Services, Roland F. Palmer and John H. Hawkes

Description
Start Date: 
1961
End Date: 
1961
Date Range: 
1961
Physical Description: 
1 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

S.S.J.E. Magazine (Cowley Bracebridge)

Description
Start Date: 
1950
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-?]
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

S.S.J.E. Magazine (Cowley)

Description
Start Date: 
1950
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
[195-?]
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-001
Container Number: 
001

S.S.J.E. Reports and Releases

Description
Start Date: 
1927
End Date: 
1979
Date Range: 
1927-1929, 1979
Physical Description: 
.2 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

Saint John's Eagle, The Sisters of St. John the Divine

Description
Start Date: 
1945
End Date: 
1945
Date Range: 
1945
Physical Description: 
.1 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

The Cowley Fathers, S.S.J.E.

Description
Start Date: 
1930
End Date: 
1930
Date Range: 
1930
Physical Description: 
.2 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

The Little Paper of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, The Cowley Fathers

Description
Start Date: 
1940
End Date: 
1949
Date Range: 
1940-1949
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

The Little Paper of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, The Cowley Fathers

Description
Start Date: 
1950
End Date: 
1957
Date Range: 
1950-1957
Physical Description: 
.3 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

The Little Paper of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, The Cowley Fathers

Description
Start Date: 
1975
End Date: 
1979
Date Range: 
1975-1979
Physical Description: 
1.5 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

The Little Paper of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, The Cowley Fathers

Description
Start Date: 
1980
End Date: 
1983
Date Range: 
1980-1983
Physical Description: 
1 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002

The Priestly Life, A Quarterly on Spirituality Published for the Ember Seasons

Description
Start Date: 
1969
End Date: 
1969
Date Range: 
1969
Physical Description: 
.1 cm of textual records
Physical Location
Repository: 
Algoma University
Shelf Location: 
2009-062-002
Container Number: 
002