RON HENGGELER

April 28, 2019
The Sisters of Perpetural Indulgence's 40th Anniversary in Dolores Park

On Sunday April 21st, I photographed the annual Easter Event in Dolores Park hosted by the Sisters of Perpetural Indulgence.

This year, the Sisters celebrated their 40 year anniversary.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence (OPI) is a charity, protest, and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. At their inception in 1979, a small group of gay men in San Francisco began wearing the attire of nuns in visible situations using camp to draw attention to social conflicts and problems in the Castro District. The Sisters have grown throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe, and South America, and are currently organized as an international network of orders, which are mostly non-profit charity organizations that raise money for AIDS, LGBT-related causes, and mainstream community service organizations, while promoting safer sex and educating others about the harmful effects of drug use and other risky behaviors. 

Respectfully taken from: Wikipedia

 

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence® are a leading-edge Order of queer and trans nuns.

They believe all people have a right to express their unique joy and beauty.

Since their first appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, the Sisters have devoted themselves to community service, ministry and outreach to those on the edges, and to promoting human rights, respect for diversity and spiritual enlightenment.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence use humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit.

To learn more about the Sisters, visit:

thesisters.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Vows of the Sisters

I, . . .

As a Fully Professed member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence I will ever strive to affirm within myself the purpose, creed and direction of the Order, to public service, social activism and spiritual enlightenment. I shall promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.

I vow to be loyal to my fellow Sisters, the Order and  to the community we serve. I will diligently serve all those in need while making it appear effortless and glamorous. But, no matter how hard I toil, I vow not to take myself so seriously that I forget to have fun.  

I again pledge my loyalty to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, to our community, to myself and to my vows.

Blessed be this day . . .

Amen, a women, and all the others!

 

 

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