What is Hineni House about?

• Hineni's aim and mission
• So what am I signing up for?
• What Hineni isn't

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"Sometimes there are changes we want to make, questions we want to explore, decisions that we need to ponder on, but this ever moving world won't allow us to make space for these crucial journeys. Hineni seeks to be a haven for these kinds of journeys."
-Anita Fonseca, founding community director

We aim to help young adults ages 18-30 (ish) who want to explore spirituality, ponder their life and place in this world, and experience communal life with other like-minded people. Through our leadership team, the resources we provide, community life experience, retreats and other events, we hope to help you ask yourself those faith/spirituality/vocational questions.

​For this very reason Hineni House is an interfaith house, that welcomes people from all or no faith background. Hineni House members do not have to be Anglicans or even Christians to become members. We believe spirituality is not inherent to a particular religious tradition but to the human experience. While all Hineni members are required to be involved with Hineni's mother church St Margaret's Cedar Cottage, the relationship may take many different forms: some may decide to attend the Sunday services and be directly involved with the church, others may prefer to work for the church cleaning, raking leaves, or other such tasks. 

​If you are in a place in life where you need spacious guidance or you need to surround yourself by a loving, supportive community, we invite you to come visit us, ask us questions, and consider Hineni House as a place where you can not only live and have fun, but also grow and bloom. In the words of Dutch author and theologian Henri Nouwen, "Living in an intentional community challenges us to come together so we are able to reveal our richness in ways never before explored."

Members of the Hineni community agree to the following activities:

• Adopt a personal rule of life that will lead your time at Hineni
• Attend and actively engage in weekly community meetings
• Attend and actively participate in weekly community meals
• Follow through with year-round house rules
• Attend and actively participate in one or two retreats per year
• Engage in continual thought and conversations about spirituality
• Be involved at St Margaret's with an activity of your choice at least once a month
• Behave in a way that is consistent with a spiritual/faith seeker and a representative of St. Margaret's Cedar Cottage

Residents are encouraged to continue their daily life activities while living at Hineni House. Whether you work or study you will be given the necessary space to continue doing this while living at Hineni. 

While we are open and accept people with all kinds of backgrounds, Hineni House is NOT:

• A therapeutic centre or group home. Hineni House does not currently have the resources to serve people with physical disabilities. The house is not wheelchair accessible, but we are committed to continual discernment in this particular area. We also do not have the resources to provide care to those who have severe or untreated mental illness.

• A recovery house. People living at Hineni House must have the energy and sense of solidity that an intentional spiritual journey requires.

​• A homeless shelter or short-term housing.