In The Beginning

In November of 2009, three strangers interested in forming a new chapter of The Sisters in Orlando, Florida, were introduced to each other by the United Nuns Privy Council. One was a missionary sister moving to Orlando from The Abbey of St. Joan in Seattle, Washington (Sister Isabella Ringing). One had a calling and previous experience working with the Tampa Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (Sister Majyna Burns). The third, a native, had heard of The Sisters existing elsewhere for many years and desperately wanted Orlando to have its own chapter (Sister Ambrosia Discordia).

The three met, found others who shared the calling, and quickly began ministering to the Orlando community. The first manifestation of the Orlando Sisters was on Saturday, November 14, 2009.

Unfortunately, on the same weekend as The Orlando Sisters' first manifestation, the local LGBT Community Center and the neighboring businesses were vandalized and spray-painted with anti-gay slurs and a swastika. The Sisters immediately planned a community fundraiser for The Center called "Get Your Paint On." Community members came out, donated money, and created a community mural of a rainbow on the same vandalized wall.