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A Sisterhood in Christ, Empowerment through Education!
We are a Holy Order rooted in the tradition of the Episcopal Church. We educate people in a variety of ways!
About Us
The Sisterhood
Sisters in the C.H.F. and our part-time volunteers are committed to helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action. Think you would be a good fit? Get in touch for more information!
Our History
Our community was founded by Mother Agnes Mason more than a century ago. We are a teaching order and once the most scholarly one in the Church of England, Greek was required and Hebrew encouraged for the Profession so we could tutor in the Lambeth Degree we helped start so women could have degrees in theology. We were also part of the Oxford Movement, Baron Hugel, etc., creating an openness between Catholicism and Anglicanism! The Community of the Holy Family was dreamed up in an olive tree in Florence and started in Red Lion Square of the Pre-Raphaalites by Mother Agnes Mason. We taught in India at Naini Tal, the Mother Foundress' brother teaching in South Africa, ordaining Black priests at Umtata's Bede College, in the tradition that would continue with Trevor Hudleston and Desmond Tutu against apartheid.
Unfortunately, in 2010, our order, with lack of membership, fell apart, but we are proud to report that we exist again. A group of Episcopalian woman revived an unofficial order based on Episcopal and former Community principles! Resurrected like our Lord!
Our new order is dedicated to adult education, ecumenicalism, acceptance, and rebirth! ALL WOMEN, straight, gay, purple, no exceptions are welcome here.
Our Mission
We follow a Benedictine Rule and take values of Fidelity, Simplicity, Purity, and Obedience to the Gospels. We hope to help educate adults around the globe, in particular women. Education in job skills so that we create and get people careers. Giving people a good understanding of Science and History so they can make informed choices. We work with the poorest members of society, showing them their worth is so much more than they know. We try to make love the way. This is an order for the Twenty-First Century.
News
We want to welcome our new students in the St. Joseph's Center for Career Readiness program! Congratulations on your acceptance! Please remember that our next deadline to apply is August 20th!!!
On July 6, Classes resumed in our St. Joseph Program! Mask and social distancing measures have been put in place.
On May 1, 2020 The Constitution and Rule Committee proposed the adaption of a new Constitution and a number of changes to The Rule. The proposed amendments will be brought before all members of the Order for a vote in the coming weeks, provided that the COVID-19 situation allows it. Continue praying with us as we journey in the guidance of the Holy Spirit! Pherometha!
On May 20, 2020, the Community of the Holy Family adopted the proposed motions and amendments under the witness of Rev. Craig Hammond and Jesus Christ our Lord. Pherometha!
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