Order of
St Helena
OSH
Founded 1945
Convent of St Helena
PO Box 426, 701 Blooming Grove,
Vails Gate
New York 12584-0426
USA
Tel: 845 562 0592
Fax: 845 569 7051
Email: cintra@comcast.net
Registered Charity Number:
US Government 501(c)(3) organization.
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The Order of St Helena witnesses to a contemporary version of traditional monasticism, taking a threefold vow of
Poverty, Chastity and Obedience. Our life in community is shaped by the daily Eucharist and fourfold Office, plus
hours of personal prayer and study, and from this radiates a wide range of ministries.
As an Order, we are not restricted to any single area of work but witness and respond to the Gospel, with individual
sisters engaging in different ministries as they feel called by God and affirmed by the community. Our work is
thus wonderfully varied: sisters work in parishes as priests or as pastoral assistants; they lead retreats, quiet
days and conferences;work with the national Church and various organizations; offer spiritual direction; are psychotherapists;
teach; serve in hospital chaplaincies and community service programs. Five sisters are ordained priests. The convents
in Vails Gate, NY, and Augusta, Georgia, have guest houses and offer retreats and conferences.
In 1997, the Order adopted a new style of governance and no longer has a superior or single sister as head. Instead,
the Order is led by a four-member Leadership Council, with responsibility and ultimate authority vested equally
in all four members.
Leadership Council (assumed office 1997)
Sister Cintra Pemberton OSH (Administrative Officer)
Sister Ellen Stephen OSH (President of Corporation)
Revd Sister Rosina Ampah OSH (Minister of Pastoral Care)
Sister Linda Julian OSH (Minister of Vocations)
Other addresses
Convent of St Helena, PO Box 5645, 3042 Eagle Drive, Augusta, Georgia 30916-5645, USA
Tel: 706 798 5201 Fax: 706 796 0079
Email: conventofsthelena@comcast.net
Convent of St Helena, 134 East 28th Street, New York, New York 10016-8156, USA
Tel: 212 889 1124 Fax: 815 846 4771
Email: ljulian@ix.netcom.com
For further details, obtain a copy of
The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book.