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Sisters of the Holy Spirit at Alsike Convent
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The Sisters of the Holy Spirit (Swedish: Helgeandssystrarna) is an Evangelical-Lutheran monastic religious order of nuns of the Church of Sweden, who inhabit Alsike Convent (Swedish: Alsike kloster) in Uppsala County, Sweden.[1][2] Attached to the convent is Alsike Evangelical Lutheran Church and near the convent is an Evangelical-Lutheran hermitage.[3] The religious habit of The Sisters of the Holy Spirit includes a dove with a cross.[4] The seven canonical hours are prayed daily at Alsike Convent and the nuns (who are currently ten in number) form the schola at the Alsike Church, where High Mass is celebrated every Lord's Day (Sunday).[5]
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The Sisters of the Holy Spirit was founded by Sr. Marianne Nordström and Sr. Ella Perssonin 1954, with the convent being attached to Alsike Church.[6][4][7] The religious instutute is a part of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden and aligns itself with the Missionsprovinsen—the confessional branch of Evangelical Lutheranism.[8][9][5] The nuns hold that at Alsike Convent "we live our monastic vocation, with a common prayer life that sustains our day".[10]
The Sisters of the Holy Spirit have a ministry for providing food for the poor, as well as a ministry for providing sanctuary for persecuted refugees at Alsike Convent.[11][12][13] The entrance sign of Alsike Convent references Matthew 25:35, noting that it is "sanctuary for refugees in danger".[14][15]
The construction of a daughter house under the auspices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya is being contemplated, with postulants from Kenya discerning joining consecrated life in the Sisters of the Holy Spirit.[5]
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A cat belonging to The Sisters of the Holy Spirit walks in front of the sign of the convent
The high altar of the chapel of Alsike Convent
A Christian cross at the entrance of Alsike Convent
Sr. Karin Johansson, a nun of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit
Nuns seen in the back of a procession at Alsike Church
The grave of Sr. Marianne Nordström, a founder of Sisters of the Holy Spirit
In popular culture
The Swedish short film Guds rikes ambassad, directed by Amelie Herbertsson, Izabelle Nordfjell and Therese Jahnson, is a documentary on the Sisters of the Holy Spirit at Alsike Convent.[16]
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