The General Convention of the Episcopal Church meeting in Austin, Texas, voted to add Deaconess Anna Alexander (1865-1947) to its calendar of saints. This action comes after long study by the church, which began in 1998, when the Diocese of Georgia recognized her as a Saint of Georgia. Bishop Scott Benhase, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia said, “I rejoice with the entire Diocese of Georgia that Deaconess Alexander is now a saint of the whole Church. Her life and witness is an inspiration to all who seek to follow Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life.”
Many remarked on Alexander’s holiness of life during her own lifetime as well as for the many lives she changed for the better in raising up the children of the Pennick Community through education. You can learn more about her life at witness at deaconessalexander.georgiaepiscopal.org
