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Universal Joy.
No More Guilt.

We are a community of queer and trans nuns spreading joy, compassion, and radical love throughout Central Florida and beyond.

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The Abbey of St. Gertrude de Nivelles

We are The Orlando Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit order of post-modern nuns devoted to supporting, educating, and celebrating our community across Central Florida.

Since 1979, the Sisters have carried a deliciously simple calling: promulgate universal joy, expiate stigmatic guilt, and help every person step more freely into their beautiful self. No more guilt.

“We are an order of 21st Century nuns dedicated to the promulgation of universal joy and the expiation of stigmatic guilt.”

That spark became a worldwide phenomenon, with Sister houses and missions raising funds, tending communities, teaching care, showing up in public, and making room for joy where shame used to stand.

People sometimes ask, “Are you mocking nuns?” Darling, we are nuns. We honor what women of the cloth have done for centuries: raising money for the needy, tending the sick, and building community.

They have taken vows of celibacy; we... we raise money for the needy.

We are post-modern nuns for the 21st century: community care with a little bit of fabulous.

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