The Community of the Holy Spirit is a monastic community for women in the Episcopal Church, and a witness to the work of the Holy Spirit in the world.

The Sisters' loving service extends to all of Creation, and we recognize Earth and all life as a primary revelation of the divine.

We welcome you to share in our life and our work by following along with our blog and this website, subscribing to our e-newsletter (you can visit our newsletter archive here), and visiting us at our Community houses: St. Hilda's House in New York City and Melrose/Bluestone Farm in Brewster, NY.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN UPDATE —

Thank you all for your help! 

Last fall we asked many of you to complete a questionnaire or to take part in an interview. We wanted to know how you felt about the Sisters conducting a capital campaign that would raise funds to accomplish some essential projects here at Bluestone Farm and Living Arts Center.

Nearly 200 of you gave us your opinions, and we can't thank you enough for helping us clarify our needs and focus our efforts. With your feedback and our continuing prayer and reflection about our future here, we are ready to move forward.

You told us that we should address safety issues first-----  rewiring the farmhouse and shoring up sagging beams need our immediate attention. You also told us that we should do what we can to live more sustainably, focusing on energy efficiency to save our precious Earth by reducing our use of non-renewable energy resources. To accomplish this the farmhouse that serves as our convent needs to be insulated, and leaky windows and old plumbing need to be replaced.

A successful capital campaign will help us to live more safely and efficiently while we do God's work at the Farm.

We are grateful for your kind words expressed in many personal notes and during the interviews and for your willingness to contribute to and help with our capital campaign.

You'll be hearing from us again soon.  Stay tuned!