Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity

The Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity (SHN) is an Anglican religious order for women founded in 1882 by Charles Chapman Grafton SSJE. Three sisters and six novices of the Society of St. Margaret (SSM), associated with the Cowley Fathers, left SSM in 1882 to establish the new order. Sister Ruth Margaret Vose (1826-1910) was its first mother superior. The order was incorporated in Wisconsin on May 29, 1921, and remains active in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac.

Sister Abigail assumed office as reverend mother in 2012. The sisterhood's bishop visitor is the Right Rev. Matthew Gunter, Bishop of Fond du Lac.

Houses, daughter houses, and parochial ministries

• Portland, Maine
• Providence, Rhode Island (1888-1983), motherhouse 1888-1906
• Newport, Rhode Island at the Zabriskie Memorial Church of St. John the Evangelist
• New York, New York (1909-1965) at Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Manhattan)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at S. Clement's Church, the Church of the Annunciation, and St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Roxborough
• Baltimore, Maryland at Mount Calvary Church
• Santa Barbara, California (1952-2013)
• Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Convent of the Holy Nativity (1905-1999), burned 2019, demolished 2021
• Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Green Bay
• Ripon, Wisconsin, Bethlehem-by-the-Lake, 1999—present

References

• Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity from A. Parker Curtiss, History of the Diocese of Fond du Lac and Its Several Congregations (1925)

External links

• Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity Records, 1882-1976
• New Mission in West Virginia for Sisters of the Holy Nativity (1999)
• 150 Years on George Street, 2019 parish history of S. Stephen's Church (Providence, Rhode Island)
• Convent of the Holy Nativity

• v
• t
• e

Religious orders and communities of the Anglican Communion

For
men

• Alton Abbey
• Brotherhood of the Ascended Christ
• Brotherhood of Saint Gregory
• Community of the Resurrection
• Company of Mission Priests
• Ewell Monastery
• Franciscan orders
• Korean Franciscan Brotherhood
• Little Brothers of Francis
• Melanesian Brotherhood
• Oratory of the Good Shepherd
• Benedictine orders
• Order of the Holy Cross
• Order of the Teachers of the Children of God
• Salisbury Priory
• St Gregory's Abbey
• Society of the Holy Cross
• Society of St. Francis
• Society of St John the Evangelist
• Society of St. Paul

For
women

• Augustinian orders
• Benedictine Sisters of Bethany
• Chama Cha Mariamu Mtakatifu
• Chita che Zita Rinoyera
• Chita che Zvipo Zve Moto
• Christa Sevika Sangha
• Community of All Hallows
• Community of Christ the King
• Community of Jesus' Compassion
• Community of Nazareth
• Community of St. Andrew
• Community of St. Clare
• Community of St. Denys
• Community of St. Francis
• Community of St. John Baptist
• Community of St. John the Divine
• Community of St. John the Evangelist
• Community of St. Laurence
• Community of St. Mary
• Community of St. Mary at the Cross
• Community of St. Mary the Virgin
• Community of St. Mary of Nazareth and Calvary
• Community of St. Michael & All Angels
• Community of St. Paul
• Community of St. Peter
• Community of St. Peter, Horbury
• Community of the Blessed Lady Mary
• Community of the Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd
• Community of the Good Shepherd
• Community of the Holy Cross
• Community of the Holy Family
• Community of the Holy Name (Europe & Africa)
• Community of the Holy Name (Australia)
• Community of the Holy Spirit
• Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord
• Community of the Sacred Name
• Community of the Sacred Passion
• Community of the Servants of the Cross
• Community of the Sisters of Melanesia
• Community of the Sisters of the Church
• Community of the Sisters of the Love of God
• Community of the Transfiguration
• Congregation of the Sisters of the Visitation of Our Lady
• Daughters of St. Francis
• Fikambanan'ny Mpanompovavin l Jesoa Kristy
• Franciscan orders
• Malling Abbey
• Order of St. Anne
• Order of St. Anne at Bethany
• Order of St. Benedict
• Order of St. Helena
• Order of the Holy Paraclete
• Order of Julian of Norwich
• Order of Women (South India)
• Sisterhood of St. John the Divine
• Sisterhood of St. Mary, Bangladesh
• Sisterhood of the Epiphany
• Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity
• Sisters of Charity
• Sisters of the Good Shepherd
• Sisters of the Incarnation
• Sisters of Jesus Way
• Sisters of St Francis (Korea)
• Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor
• Society of Our Lady of the Isles
• Society of Our Lady St. Mary
• Society of St. John the Divine
• Society of St. Margaret
• Society of the Franciscan Servants of Jesus & Mary
• Society of the Holy Cross
• Society of the Holy Trinity
• Society of the Precious Blood
• Society of the Sacred Advent
• Society of the Sacred Cross
• Society of the Sisters of Bethany

Mixed

• Anglican Order of Preachers (Dominican)
• Community of the Glorious Ascension
• Community of the Holy Transfiguration
• Community of the Servants of the Will of God
• Companions of Saint Luke (OSB)
• Franciscan orders
• Mucknell Abbey
• Order of Christ the Saviour (OCS Dominicans)
• Benedictine orders
• Society of the Sacred Mission
• St Mark's Abbey

Related
articles

Topics closely related to active religious orders:

• Former religious orders in the Anglican Communion