A photo of Jack & Penelope Olive
A photo of Jack & Penelope Olive
A member of the Roman Catholic Church, I am also a Mentor with Education For Ministry Canada. I am presently leading two groups of students through this four-year program of theological education.
January 2006 Update: I am now leading one group of students through EfM. Still thoroughly enjoying it. The Lord is always with us in the group and one morning, He made himself manifestly known: He was so clearly Present to us, that no one wanted to move. His Word to us that morning was simple yet clear: 'I have come to make you whole and renew you. I am well pleased with you. I will bless all your days. Go and enjoy the day.' I believe that this is a precurser to something new for all of us, a time of healing and renewal, and I look forward to that time.September 2008: As I prayerfully continued to discern the Lord's direction for my life with Education for Ministry, I felt that He was now "weaning" me from this program. Having now completed thirteen satisfying years with Education for Ministry - Canada, I now feel called to embark upon a new journey with The Ignatian Spirituality Centre of Montreal, in the area of Spiritual Direction. I thank the Lord for all of my EfM experiences, and for every person I was blessed to mentor through this program.
I am also a member of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician, an interdenominational ministry of Christian healing. I now feel called to start a new Chapter of The Order of St. Luke for the Montreal area, and we are in the process of prayerfully putting this in place. The Initial Bible Study Project of the Order, called, The Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ, is now in the process of being translated into the French language. It is our hope that this study will be available to our francophone brothers and sisters by the Fall of 2004. For updates on our progress, please visit the new web page of The Montreal Chapter of The Order of St. Luke.
Note: The translation of the OSL Bible study project is now complete! To order, click on the following link. Complete and mail the form as required. To God be the Glory!
Le ministère de guérison de Jésus
January 2006 Update: The Montreal Chapter is now in place; I am presently leading three groups through our English OSL Bible study under the auspices of Catholic Charismatic Services of Montreal, for the revival of the Healing Ministry in the Diocese of Montreal. The Lord has also now put it upon my heart to gather around me a group of people to form a French Chapter group, Chapitre de Montréal de l'Ordre de St-Luc le médecin. I have asked a few people I know to pray about this for September 2006. I also feel led to lead a French OSL Bible study in the fall. The Lord is up to something good!
When we eat an apple, we do not put the whole thing in our mouth, but begin with little bites. Most recently, during the month of January 2004 to be exact, the Lord put a new thing on my heart, the beginnings of a radio ministry broadcast with WCHP, a Christian radio station - 760 on your AM dial. I was led to put together a series of 20 1-minute announcements containing a short message as well as an invitation to visit this website, Life and Doctrine. The Lord miraculously provided the funding for the beginnings of this new radio ministry work, through a gift from a one-time encounter I had with a wonderful Christian woman, and I am trusting Him to provide for the rest. These 1-minute "Website Moments" will be aired on WCHP once a day at varied times during the first 4 weeks of March 2004. These are the birth pangs of a new radio broadcast ministry, to be called Life and Doctrine. Brothers and sisters in Christ, we are living in anointed times.
* As an added note, I have also just completed a series of ten 5-minute recordings. Having received two Words from the Lord, anonymous sponsor, and, "The worker deserves his wages", in faith, I forwarded these recordings for safe-keeping to Teri Billiter, the Station Manager at WCHP. Once the funds are in place, these too will be aired. Not waiting but moving forward in faith, I am again now in the process of putting together five 15-minute recordings, which will be a series of teachings and testimonials on the five aspects of a prayer life (text also found on this website). I continue to trust in the Lord's provision for these things. He is the Administrator...I am the assistant...and does the assistant worry about the funds needed for the work? "No" I tell you.
To God be the Glory!
Articles written by me have been included in church newsletters, as well as in Sharing Magazine, the official publication of the Order of Saint Luke.
In January of 1998, I was led to put together a series of three books.
The first book, called "The Unquenchable Fire and Streams of Living Water", is about prayer and about our relationship with God. It is about how He works in us, around us, and through us in our everyday lives. And finally, it is about His expectations of us in this relationship.
The second book in the series is called "Prepare The Way". It contains various teachings on many issues on God, the Church, and the world around us.
The third book, called "They Come", is about God's call to us. It is God telling us that when His children come forth from the four corners of the earth, as has been foretold, it will not be because we have called them, but because they now hear the Voice that has called them from before they were formed in the womb. It is about man's salvation.
The books were compiled from excerpts taken from my spiritual journals. The time is not yet ripe for these books to be published.
Through the vehicle of Life and Doctrine, I will be sharing excerpts from the above-mentioned books, as well as other things that have come to me over the years.
I pray that you will be as blessed reading them, as I was receiving them.
To God be the Glory.
In Christ,
Penelope Olive 
Give Thanks And now let the weak say As far as the east is
With a grateful heart
Give Thanks
To the Holy One
Give Thanks
For He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son
(X2)
I am strong
Let the poor say
I am rich
Because of what
The Lord has done
For us
(X2)
Give Thanks...
From the west
He has took my
Sins from me
And has cast them
In the depths of
The sea
Give thanks...
(this last verse was composed in the Spirit by my dear friend and sister in Christ, Floryn)
