Author: sisterkate
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The Sisters Announce Their California ‘Donate a Car’ Program
Your Old Car Could Help Train the Next Generation of Sisters There are more than 36 million registered vehicles in California. Somewhere among them are a great many old cars sitting in driveways, garages, barns and side yards because they aren’t worth fixing, aren’t worth selling, or simply haven’t made it to the top of…
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Ministry Launch
September 10, 2026 AP Newswire Link to Article United Kingdom Newswatch Link to Article California Culture Today Link to Article
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Sisters of the Valley Launch Federally Recognized Nonprofit Ministry
MERCED, CA, UNITED STATES, August 24, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Sisters of the Valley have officially launched the Sisters of the Valley Ministry, a federally recognized nonprofit organization that gives independent structure to the spiritual, charitable and community work that has grown alongside the Sisters’ commercial enterprise for more than a decade. The Sisters formed…
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A Ministry Without a Pulpit
A Ministry Without a Pulpit Most religions have a place you are supposed to go. A church. A temple. A mosque. A meetinghouse. A building with a door through which the faithful enter and, eventually, leave. The Sisters of the Valley Ministry is being built differently. In that respect, of course, we are hardly inventing…
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What Does a Matriarchal Ministry Look Like?
What Does a Matriarchal Ministry Look Like? For more than a decade, the Sisters of the Valley have lived with an unusual contradiction. We have been highly visible, but not always easily understood. People recognize the gowns. They recognize the activism, the plant medicine, the farm, the moon cycles and the images of women working…
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Why the Sisters of the Valley Created a Ministry
Why the Sisters of the Valley Created a Ministry When the younger Sisters began talking seriously about creating a nonprofit ministry, Sister Kate asked them a question she believed every nonprofit should be able to answer. What problem does society have that your nonprofit will fix? Their answer was immediate: housing. It was not necessarily…
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Ceremonial Opening Prayer
Ceremonial Opening Prayer Powers of the North, Powers of the East Powers of the South, Powers of the West Powers of the Moon*, Powers of the Earth With powers vested in us at birth, Bless us, Mother Goddess, and the people assembled here. *if the ceremony is in daylight, we say ‘powers of the sun’
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Blessing of the Food
Blessing of the Food Corn and grain, meat and milk, on the table before us, Hands and hearts come together to nourish and restore us. Bless our food and bless our folk and keep us in your grace, Ensure this sacred walk we take respects this sacred place.
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Ancient Beguine Healing Prayer
Ancient Beguine Healing Prayer Oh, Great Goddess, Mother of Mercy and Healing Send the energy of Hygeia (hi-gee-ah) to nourish from Her Sacred Bowl Send the energy of Brigid to heal with waters of Her Sacred Well Send the energy of Demeter to restore life to withering cells Send the energy of Quan Yin to…
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Affirmation Prayer
Affirmation Prayer We, the Sisters, embrace and promote the holistic remedies and medicines given us by nature and acknowledge the power of self-healing. We, the Sisters, believe that the cosmic hands of healing have many fingers and acknowledge that there is so much human suffering on this physical plane that all forms of healing have…