Sisters of the Holy Spirit at Alsike Convent
The Sisters of the Holy Spirit is an Evangelical-Lutheran monastic religious order of nuns of the Church of Sweden, who inhabit Alsike Convent in Uppsala County, Sweden. Attached to the convent is Alsike Evangelical Lutheran Church and near the convent is an Evangelical-Lutheran hermitage. The religious habit of The Sisters of the Holy Spirit includes a dove with a cross. The seven canonical hours are prayed daily at Alsike Convent. The nuns are currently three in number. In the Alsike Church, the High Mass is celebrated every Lord's Day.
History
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. 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. The nuns hold that at Alsike Convent "we live our monastic vocation, with a common prayer life that sustains our day".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. The entrance sign of Alsike Convent references, noting that it is "sanctuary for refugees in danger".
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.