The life profession of Sr. Miriam Elizabeth (the Rev. Faith E. Bledsoe) is scheduled for 5 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Convent of St. Helena. The convent is located at 414 Savannah Barony Drive in North Augusta, South Carolina. A reception will follow the liturgy.
A native of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Sr. Miriam Elizabeth is a graduate of Kansas State University and Southwest Theological Seminary. She was ordained deacon in 2002 and priest in 2003. She has served as a priest in Corpus Christi and Victoria, Texas.
OSH is an Episcopal monastic order for lay and ordained women living communally under a vow of monastic poverty, chastity, and obedience to God.
Guests are asked to RSVP by email (guests@osh.org) or by phone (803.426.1616).
Related: Sr. Miriam Elizabeth preached this sermon at a renewal of ordination vows in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2016.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
