New reverend mother chosen for SSJD.Sr SR The two-character ISO 3166 country code for SURINAME.. Elizabeth Ann Eckert is the new reverend mother of the Anglican Sisterhood sisterhood: see monasticism. of St. John the Divine (SSJD), succeeding Sr. Constance Constance, Holy Roman empressConstance, 1154–98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily. She was named heiress of Sicily by her nephew King William II. On his death, however (1189), the Sicilian nobles, wishing to prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew Tancred of Lecce as William's successor. JoannaJoanna, Spanish queen of CastileJoanna (Joanna the Mad), 1479–1555, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1504–55), daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I. She succeeded to Castile and León at the death of her mother. Ferdinand II briefly assumed the regency until he was replaced by Joanna's ambitious husband, Philip I. After Philip's death (1506), Ferdinand again assumed the rule, for Joanna had by this time become quite insane. Gefvert.Sr. Elizabeth Ann assumes her new role as the sixth reverend mother in mid-April. A novitiate director and since 2000, assistant to Sr. Constance Joanna, she was elected reverend mother Jan. 12. A forestry graduate at Lakehead University Lakehead University, at Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada; founded 1946 as Lakehead Technical Institute. It achieved university status in 1965. Lakehead has faculties of arts and science, business, education, engineering, forestry, library and information studies, nursing, outdoor recreation, and physical education. in Thunder Bay, Ont., she worked for a number of years in horticulture. In 1987, Sr. Elizabeth Ann became a member of SSJD and made her life vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in 1994. Her ministry at SSJD has included leading retreats and quiet days. She helped to found St. John's House in Montreal, worked in pastoral care at St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital, worked as an Education for Ministry mentor, been on the Mother's Council and served on SSJD's board of directors. She has had training as a spiritual director. |
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