Welcome to the Order of St. Anthony

The Order of St. Anthony is a call to go beyond belief into a life of faithful practice.

The Order of St. Anthony is an ecumenical Order within the Diocese of St. Anthony (DOSA)
serving the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (CEEC).
The Order is open to believers of all denominations, backgrounds, and communions.

The Rule of Life

DAILY

Members of the Order (known as Oblates) are asked to pray two offices daily—the Morning Prayer (also known as Matins) and Evening Prayer (also known as Evensong).

WEEKLY

Oblates of the Order should receive the Eucharist once a week. It is preferable that this be done in the context of the corporate worship service you attend.

MONTHLY

Oblates are encouraged to fast once a month as physically able or to engage in some activity that will help them put God as the focus of their life.

QUARTERLY

Oblates of the Order are to meet with a Spiritual Director once a quarter. Spiritual Directors may be from within or outside the Order, and resources are available to help you find one.

The Rule

Daily Prayer

Daily, online prayer with osa

Morning Prayer

Monday thru Friday
8:00am Central

Compline

Monday thru Thursday
9:00pm Central

Patronage

A Dedication to St. Anthony

Patronage & Dedication

The Order of St. Anthony takes its name in honor of the “father of monasticism,” St. Anthony of Egypt, or St. Anthony the Great. While not the first monastic,
St. Anthony the Great pioneered the concept of going to remote places to practice contemplation, worship God, and fight spiritual principalities and powers.

*Additionally, the Order is indebted to the life and work of †Bishop Tony (Anthony) Palmer of the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches. Bishop Palmer was instrumental in bringing together Roman Catholic and Evangelical Christians from around the world, most notably through his relationship with His Holiness, Pope Francis, and Pentecostal leaders.

The Collect

Of the Order of St. Anthony

O God, who by your Holy Spirit enabled your servant Anthony to imitate the ways of the Prophet Elijah and follow the straight path of John the Baptist, thereby resisting the cares and temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil: Give us grace, with pure hearts and minds, to strengthen the world by our prayers and actions, and to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.