Author: sisterkate

Simplify – A Reading from Savage Grace Savage Grace, Women’s Moon Aug 2018 The time to drastically simplify our lives is long overdue.  As part of our own de-colonization, we must detoxify from consumerist culture.  This does not mean that we must buy a homestead and live off-grid in a remote area.  What is most…

Occupying New Land Before the first Sister-farm in America was purchased, Sister Kate checked the history of the land to make sure no blood was spilled here.   She purchased as ‘near virgin’ land as is possible in these parts.  No animals were caged or slaughtered here, no one was ever hurt here, and in that…

Resistance There shall always be resistance to our movement because there are no men in charge here. There shall always be resistance to our movement because there is no male-founded, male-run, male dominated church here.  There are men here, of course, but they don’t run the show.  Furthermore, our order is ‘self-formed’ and, as ‘weed-nuns’,…

Embracing Excellence We aspire to excellence in conflict resolution, as an important survival tool. We have a ‘no surprise’ rule. We pursue quiet, humble excellence in our daily tasks and strive for excellence in all we do. We value system-driven operations. We are women (and men) of science who value data and run data-driven operations.…

Prayer & Ceremony We cross ourselves with moon water, but that crossing represents acknowledgement of the powers of the four cardinal directions and the four elements.  We cross ourselves with moon water, which is kept in sconces hung by the inside doorways of the enclave’s structures.   ‘Earth, Fire, Wind and Waters, Mother Goddess, bless your…

Moon Ceremony Services We are Beguine revivalists.  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 wore…

The New Beguines: Customs and Practices by Sister Kate We are living a social experiment.   We are very public to the world and unprotected, so we are protecting our energies in other subtle ways, like the no hugging rule.  We are against hugging or any intimate personal contact with people outside our tribe.  When we…

About the Beguines: The Wisdom of the Beguines Summer Moon Ceremony June 2017 Laura Swan, a historian and author of Wisdom of the Beguines It was the Beguines’ skill in caring for the poor, the sick, and the dying that earned these women the respect of townspeople, local authorities, and, at first, church leaders.  The…

About the Beguines:  Our Beguine Mothers Source:  The Wisdom of the Beguines Traders Moon Ceremony November 14, 2016 Women who were called ‘Beguines’ were from every social class – aristocrats, merchants and guild members, widows or daughters of knights, the urban poor as well as rural poor. The very first Beguine communities, the very first…

About the Beguines: The Beguines and the Beghards A reading from the Wisdom of the Beguines. Pp 11-15; Quiet Moon Ceremony dedicated to reviewing and reaffirming core beliefs, Quiet Moon, March 2017 The Beguines were a phenomenal way of life that swept across Europe, yet they were never a religious order or a formalized movement.…