The Orlando Sisters - Abbey of St. Gertrude de Nivelles

06/17/2026

Please welcome our newest Saint!

Saint Chantel Reshae, Our Mistress of Dancing Balls




Big thank you to Sonny Side-Quest for creating this artwork for us!

06/11/2026

04/23/2026

Pardon us, we missed updating you on our new Board.

President - Sister Adora Bearswood
Vice-President - Sister Rae Z Fundhs
Secretary - Guard Rahyne Men
Treasurer - Sister Holly Cost
Member At-Large - Sister Pearl Necklace

Oh and while we have your attention, stay on the lookout for our upcoming fundraiser, Boots Restoration Project.

Remember, YOU are loved. Have a fantastic everyone!

03/25/2026

Out and About for Bingo with Chantel Reshae

08/18/2025

Announcing our new Board

President - Sister Adora Bearswood
Vice-President - Guard Omen
Secretary - Sister Rae Z Fundhs
Treasurer - Sister Holly Cost
Member At-Large - Sister Hole E Chit

We are back and with determination to serve our community!

03/18/2024

Happy St. Patrick’s/St. Gertrude’s/Anniversary!

We had a wonderful time today at District Dive, Southern Nights Orlando, and Stiffy's Orlando!

03/18/2024

Today, we presented District Dive with a certificate of Sacred Space!

03/17/2024

Transgender Floridians are rising up for their rights statewide. In our new issue, local organizations and support groups at TransAction Florida, the LGBT+ Center Orlando, Trans Network and Transitional Space detail their work and more. Find a print edition near you at https://bit.ly/3pxInxr and read it online here: https://rb.gy/anzb21

03/17/2024

Thanks to the hard work of Equality Florida and partners, this draconian attempt to erase our trans community has been defeated for this session.

We must all stay vigilant and keep the pressure on legislators.

Equality Florida — along with many of our partners — organized rallies at the Capitol to fight back against 22 anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session. Thanks to our trans activists and allies, we stopped HB 1639, the Trans Erasure Bill, a clear attack on our freedom, safety, and basic rights of transgender Floridians.

Read more: https://ow.ly/1JNS50QUGcE

03/14/2024

March 17 marks the 13th anniversary of the Full Profession of the Orlando Sisters, Abbey of St. Gertrude de Nivelles….. but who is Saint Gertrude?

Saint Gertrude de Nivelles or “Gertie” as we call her, was a 7th century Saint who has the unfortunate fate to share her feast day with one of the most renowned of Catholic Saints… Saint Patrick.

The mythical Patrick, his “chasing serpents our of Ireland”, and how it’s all devolved into a binge drinking holiday (particularly in the US) has long overshadowed Saint Gertrude.

Gertie was the daughter of two Saints (Blessed Pepin of Landen and Blessed Itta of Metz) Sister to another (Saint Begga of Ardenne), and is credited with two miracles - one a vision of the Visitation of the True Light and the other was the calming of a storm when a group of sailors invoked her name, fearing they would be lost at sea.

She was devoted to the Church early in life and lived a life of monastic austerity, co-founding a Benedictine monastery with her mother, and serving as its first Abbess (at the age of 20), Gertie lived the rest of her life in the monastery in Nivelles (modern day Belgium).

Saint Gertrude is a patron saint of travelers (perfect for us a city like Orlando, which is sustained by tourists) as well as invoked against rodent infestations (an irony all-too-obvious with a certain corporate mascot). Our distinctive headpieces are in-part inspired by images of her nun’s wimple, which reminds some people of ubiquitous accessory found at a local theme park.

So this weekend, while wearing your “Kiss me I’m Irish” t-shirt and drinking your green beer, take a moment to remember Saint Gertrude de Nivelles, and how she inspired a group of q***r nuns to venture out into the community and spread joy.

And if you see one of us out and about, come say hello, get a little blessing, and know that you are seen, you are heard, you are accepted, and you are LOVED!!