The Order of Saint Helena


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Sisters of Saint Helena in Augusta GA
The Order of St. Helena is a religious order for lay and ordained women in the Episcopal Church. We witness to a contemporary interpretation of traditional monasticism, open to the leading of the Holy Spirit as we proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since our founding in 1945, our experience of the religious life has included: prayer, the individual, the Church at large, and social action.

Information for guests
Our practice of hospitality
Descriptions of our ministries
About spiritual direction
Sermons and meditations
Books and chapters by sisters
Poetry and other writings
Community notes
Blogs by sisters
The Saint Helena Breviary and online Office guides
The Saint Helena Psalter
The history of OSH
The story of Saint Helena

Vails Gate Property

The Sisters of St Helena are pleased to announce the recent sale of the Vails Gate NY property and buildings to Congregation Mesifta Ohr Hatalmud. The buildings are the new home of a yeshiva, a Jewish residential school for boys. How joyous for us to now pray for the success of this new faith enterprise! The wood corpus of Jesus and the Lady Statue from our former chapel are safely stored in Augusta, and the rose granite altar and wood cross from the chapel now reside at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Newburgh NY.

Ordination to the Priesthood

Sr. Mag's ordination Sr. Deborah Magdalene, OSH was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, September 5, 2009 at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Augusta GA

Where We Are and How We Got There

Sr. Mary Michael Simpson By The Rev Canon Mary Michael Simpson, OSH.
“I do not know what the Order of St Helena will be after all the change we are going through, but suspect it will be as different from what we are now as the community in 1980 was from that of 1945.” Read Sr Mary Michael’s full reflection on "Where We Are and How We Got There".

Interview with Sr. Faith Anthony, n/OSH

Sr. Faith Anthony Sr. Faith Anthony's drawings and interview with her entitled, "Buddhism in my Blood".

New Leadership Council and
Board of Directors

At our annual Chapter meetings, a new Leadership Council was elected: Sr. Linda Elston, Sr. Deborah Magdalene, and Sr. Linda Julian.

Our new Board of Directors will be:
Sr. Mary Lois: Chair
Sr. Cintra Pemberton: Vice Chair
Sr. June Thomas: Secretary
Sr. Ellen Francis: Treasurer
Sr. Magdalene: member
Sr. Linda Elston: member
Sr. Faith Anthony: member

Newsletter Online

The November 2009 issue of our newsletter, saint helena, is online and back issues are also posted online.

Community Notes, formerly published in the newsletter with news from individual sisters, is now updated quarterly on the OSH website.

To receive the saint helena newsletter, please send us this electronic form, or email us, or contact us by mail or phone.

Office Guides for the Monastic Breviary

Office Guides for assistance in praying with the Saint Helena Breviary: Monastic Edition are now available on our website. These guides are helpful for finding the pages to pray the Daily Offices in our breviary.

Read more about the The Saint Helena Breviary and the The Saint Helena Psalter.