Anglican Religious Life

A yearbook of religious orders and communities in

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COMMUNITY OF ST MARY (Eastern Province)  CSM

 

 The Sisters of St Mary live a vowed life in community, centered around the daily Eucharist and a five-fold Divine Office.  Each sister has time daily for private prayer and study.  Our way of life is a modern expression of traditional monastic practice including silent meals in common, plainchant in English for much of our corporate worship, a distinctive habit, and a measure of enclosure.

 Our ministry is an outward expression of our vowed life of poverty, chastity and obedience. The specific nature of our work has changed over the years since Mother Harriet and our first sisters were asked to take charge of the House of Mercy in New York City in 1865.  Being “mindful of the needs of others,” as our table blessing says, we have been led in many ways to care for the lost, forgotten and underprivileged.  Today our work is primarily hospitality, retreats, and exploration of outreach through the Internet.  Sisters also go out from time to time to speak in parishes, lead quiet days and provide a praying community within the Diocese of Albany’s Spiritual Life Center and the Diocese of Northern Malawi.

 

St Mary’s Convent, 242 Cloister Way, Greenwich, NY 12834-7922

Tel: 518 692 3028 Fax: 518 692 3029

Email: compunun@stmaryseast.org

 

 

Website: www.stmaryseast.org

 

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