Bishop Harold preaches at 150th anniversary of the Community of St Mary
Bishop Harold recently had the privilege of preaching at the 150th anniversary of the Community of St Mary in Greenwich, New York.
St Mary’s Convent is set on a hillside overlooking Christ the King Spiritual Life Centre, a ministry of our link Diocese of Albany. The sisters’ ongoing witness to a life of prayer make Christ the King unique among conference centres of its kind in the United States.
The Community of St. Mary was founded in 1865 in New York City and is the oldest indigenous Religious Order in the Episcopal Church. Contemplative and Benedictine in ethos, the sisters of the Eastern Province centre their life together in corporate worship, personal discipline and study, and simple work – with mission flowing outward from this stable anchor.
The first profession was 150 years ago on the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Bishop Harold’s sermon from Luke 2 focused on the Patience of Waiting in God’s Presence; the Power of the Prophetic Word (through Simeon and Anna) and the Piercing of Pain in Mary’s heart, as the opposition to Christ and his sacrificial death are foretold.
Learn more about the Convent and Order here.
Bishop Harold and Sister Miriam