Anne Ayres

Anne Ayres

Anne Ayres (January 3, 1816—February 9, 1886) was a nun and the founder of the first Episcopalian religious order for women.

Born in London, she emigrated to the United States in 1836; settling in New York City. She tutored the daughters of wealthy families, and in 1845 she decided to follow a religious life, after hearing a speech by Episcopal clergyman William Augustus Muhlenberg.

There were no religious orders specifically for women in the Episcopal Church so Ayres was consecrated a “sister of the Holy Communion”. She gathered other women as teachers at a Parish school and as charity workers, and they formed the Sisterhood of the Holy Communion in 1852.

The order opened an infirmary in 1853, before moving to St. Luke's Hospital. Ayres helped found St. Johnland, a charitable refuge on Long Island.

Ayres wrote a biography of William Augustus Muhlenberg, first published in 1880 as "The Life and Work of William Augustus Muhlenberg".


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