Our Mission Statement
Founded in 1967, the Canterbury House is a non-profit, independent living, age-in-place senior community. Canterbury House campus is comprised of two buildings and available to anyone 62 or older who meets annual income guidelines. Canterbury House East, a four-story building with 46 assisted units, and Canterbury House West, a thirteen-story high-rise with 204 assisted units.
The primary purpose of the Corporations is to provide, in accordance with the ideals of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a retirement community for those persons, who, because of age, personal conditions, health, and their express desire, choose to reside in a not-for-profit faith-based community.
This mission resonates throughout the Board and the staff, all of whom are dedicated to providing safe, comfortable and affordable housing for the Canterbury residents while promoting their physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
The Canterbury family is committed to a program of stewardship respecting each person’s rights, dignity and independence. We are organized to meet the physical, social and physiological needs of the elderly and to contribute to their health, security, happiness and usefulness in longer living. Keeping our residents living independently in their own apartments with additional supportive services to meet their daily needs has been mission critical for over 50 years.
The facilities are owned by the Episcopal Diocesan Housing, Inc. (origin 4/24/1967) and Elderly Housing, Inc (origin 4/23/1997). These entities are controlled by a common Board of Directors comprised of a resident member, four seats appointed by the Bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, and the remaining six seats from the community at large.
Since its restructuring in 2023, the Right Reverend Ruth Woodliff-Stanley, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and the Right Reverend Charles F. "Chip" Edgar III, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina have jointly served on Canterbury’s Board of Directors. In 2025, the Board’s Chairman and President, Fred Fabian, with unanimous support from the Board of Directors embarked on a mission to expand Canterbury to meet the needs of our growing community.