The White Embroidery Work Moves to St John's House BC

In September there was great activity at St. John's House BC as we got ready for Sister Jocelyn to arrive, bringing with her the white embroidery department. Sister Doreen's sister and brother-in-law, Bev and John, along with the supervisor - Charlie, their cocker spaniel spent time building a table for Sister Jocelyn - tall and wide and long!

Sister Jocelyn took no time at all settling in, and the room quickly looked like it had always been a white embroidery work room!

Making and embroidering altar linens is one of our oldest ministries. We started doing this work in the 1880's shortly after the Community was founded. Our altar linens are hand made and embroidered, and most are custom made. Sister Jocelyn has had a steady stream of orders since she arrived. We watch in amazement as orders come in and the finished product goes out! This is Sister Jocelyn with some of her finished work.

Sister Jocelyn is not only willing to make altar linens for whoever orders them, but would be pleased to meet with Altar guilds and talk about altar linens, their meaning and their care.

Sister Jocelyn can be reached at:

St John's House
3937 St Peter's Road
Victoria, BC V8P 2J9

phone: 250-920-7787
email: jocelyn@ssjd.ca or bchouse@ssjd.ca