Yemaya or Sister Helen Cuillier (My Grand Aunt) Member of the Sister of the Holy Family, Transitioned June 21, 1996 Twenty years before the Civil War of the United States, and before it was legal for such a Congregation to exist, the Sisters of the Holy Family were founded in New Orleans, Louisiana by Henriette Delille, a free woman of color. Co-foundresses of this religious community of African-American women were Juliette Gaudin and Josephine Charles. They taught the slaves, cared for the elderly, and shared what they had with the poor and the needy. For over 170 years, the Sisters of the Holy Family, in the spirit of their foundresses and early predecessors, have continued to serve the youth, the elderly, and the needy members of society. #collage #art #orisha #family #yemaya #textileart #digitalart #africanspirituality #goddess #nun