Author: sisterkate

A New Age Order of Nuns Book of the New Beguines, Sister Kate The Catholic nun is going extinct in this country.  I know, because I did a little research during my Sister Occupy years, and although the church is very non-transparent about this and all things (in a long-standing tradition), what I learned was…

The Choice of Uniform was Deliberate Book of the New Beguines, Sister Kate The transition from Sister Occupy (Fall, 2011) to where we are today is an interesting tale too long to tell here, but it definitely represents a journey towards a calling, towards the plant, towards the clearing of the fog, the dispelling of…

The Beguines as a Model for the Sisterhood Sister Rosa’s Thesis It was clear why the Beguines provided such a fruitful role model for the Sisters.  Just like the Sisters, the Beguines did business: they did not root their existence on gifts and alms.  Similarly, they prayed, prepared natural remedies, and engaged in protest against…

Beguine Revivalists Introduction, Book of the New Beguines The Beguines were single focused women, unaffiliated with a church, who served the people, and especially, the women, in castles across Europe during the middle ages.  They provided housing and food security; they provided jobs and training and career paths.  They grew hemp and made textiles.  They…

Mutualism Autumn Moon Ceremony, Sept 2017 Rachel Cato, Ethnography of Religion Western Kentucky University, May 10, 2017 An Ethnography of the Sisters of the Valley:  Looking at an Ecofeminist Approach to Religion From pages 24 to 27 (condensed) Mutualism is a relationship that benefits both parties, and that is what one would have to say…

Ecofeminists by all Accounts Woman’s Moon Ceremony August 2017 Lina Samuelsson – Visions of Autonomy “. . . Although they do not identify with Christianity, these nuns advocate what I describe as a radical religion anchored in ecofeminism, as their society values Mother Earth, nature, and feminist thought more so than many established religions and…

Rachel Cato, Western Kentucky University An Ethnography of the Sisters of the Valley:  Looking at an Ecofeminist Approach to Religion Ecofeminist Perspective by Rachel Cato May 10, 2107 Despite (Sister Kate’s) choice to not identify as a religion, the community which Sister Kate founded herself, is entirely religious in its nature . . . Our…

Pantheism Summer Moon Ceremony June 2017 What is Pantheism? The first definition is a doctrine that identifies God with the universe or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.  Our pre-Christian Beguine mothers were Pantheists.  They saw God in each other.  They saw God in their Sisters.  They saw God in their children.  They…

The Role of the Brothers by Sister Kate, Vernal Equinox, Wind Moon March 2017 The mission of the Sisterhood Ministry is to grow more enclaves, more community living spaces, shared spaces for prayer, ecology, and survival through healthy co-dependence and a communal life-style that shares some of the resources, reducing the cost of living for…

On Human Connection – A Reading from Savage Grace Savage Grace, Women’s Moon Aug 2018 Individualism and isolation are two aspects of what has created our predicament.  Inherent in colonization is the notion of separation.  We cannot overemphasize the reality that resilience is impossible without reconnection.  As we navigate the global crisis in its myriad…