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Sisters of Divine Color founded in the City of New Orleans, LA By: Mother Mary Madonna, SDC, Abbess of the World

Mother Mary Madonna, SDC, abbess and founder of the Sisters of Divine Color (SDC) are a group of male nuns founded on October 31, 1995 in New Orleans, LA. The founder was Mother Mary Madonna, SDC, Abbess of the World and the Upper Mississippi River Valley.

The SDC sisters organization uses religious imagery to call attention to the great admiration that these men had towards there school teachers from the past. At their inception in 1995, a small group of gay & straight men in New Orleans began wearing religious habits of nuns in visible situations using social conflicts and problems in the French Quarter area and beyond as a way to teach about the love of Jesus and his life spreading the Divine Color of love and forbearance to all peoples.

The Sisters have grown throughout the U.S. Canada, England, and Ireland as an international network of sisters, which help and care for mostly non-profit charity organizations that at times raise money for AIDS and LGBT-related causes. In New Orleans alone where they continue to be the most active, between 1995 and 2015 the Sisters are credited with raising monies for various causes, one being Lazarus House a home founded by the Franciscans Friars for people living with HIV/AIDS. One such fundraiser is held on the feast of Halloween each year.

Members of the group, while not hiding their masculine features do have another branch of the order called "Secret Sisters" they are followers of the SDC community but choose to follow without the habit of penance at functions.

The Sisters of Divine Color are in no way from the same vision as their friends the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence of San Francisco who have attracted controversy both within and outside the LGBT communities. The SDC sisters want to bring a sense of love and respect to the dear sisters who taught for many years and continue to make a positive difference in the lives of men and women and to help others to appreciate such gifts they are to the Catholic and Anglican, Lutheran denomination know that they are loved and respected by the SDC.

The Life of a Sister of Divine Color:


 * To follow the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ


 * Men of Prayer and Sacrifice


 * Love of God and Neighbor


 * Respect of all people


 * To honor and give thanks for holy women (Sisters & Nuns)who became examples of Jesus in ones life


 * To adapt to the needs of people and cultures


 * To live a life of simplicity and charity


 * To live out the needs and ministries that the order operates


 * To be willing and able to start new ministries to help meet the signs of the times

HABIT: The uniform of the sisters & nuns of the first order:

A: The Habit of the First Order (Externs and Enclosure Nuns, Sisters)


 * Tunic (color of choice - must be solid in color if the scapular has a patter)


 * Belt: Cloth or Cord Cincture (Color of Choice)


 * Scapular or Gimp: (have cape - color of choice - must be soiled if the tunic has a pattern)


 * Coif, Stern Band, Collar: (White only)


 * Veil, made of Lame (Color of Choice - must be solid in color)


 * Pins: At the Chapter of 2014 is was decide to use Velcro for safety, and security

B: The Habit of the First Order (Externs and Enclosure Nuns, Sisters)


 * In the Abbey, Monastery or Convent: The sisters may wear secular clothing but one of the Lay-Sisters must be dressed in the full habit in order to answer the needs of the sisters, at the door. The Porter therefore must wear the full habit.


 * In the Sacred Closter the sisters may wear pants, shirt and ball cap (ball cap is optional)


 * When traveling, the sisters may wear secular clothing but must cover the head with the ball cap


 * Each Abbey, Monastery, Convent can have their own ball cap - cap can be kaki, blue, black or brown with a insignia of the order in the center on the front of the cap

The Second Order of Lay Sisters and Holy Nuns in Sisters of Divine Color In Pectora (secret)


 * The nature of these Lay-sisters and Holy Nuns never reveal themselves to the people of God as Sisters of Divine Color. They go about the world caring for the needs of the 1st order and the poor


 * They live lives of simplicity and love of God and neighbors


 * They are the Holy Examples of interior and exterior lives of holiness.

The Habit of the Sisters In Pectora:


 * Ball cap or Bonnet - cap can be kaki, blue, black or brown with no insignia of the order


 * The Sisters may also uncover there heads (in other words, they don't need a Cap or Bonnet this is all Optional)

The Formation of the Sister of Divine Color:


 * Each sister for both orders will follow the same formation program, each with there own mistress of formation.


 * Pre-candidate program: Men who show interested and have advanced to the age of 21 years of age or older may inquire into the sisters life.


 * It is with the help of the formation director (mistress of Intent)to help the person deicide what branch he would serve the Church better.


 * Each branch is interchangeable e.g. if one feels better in the "Cloistered Nuns" than the "Secret Nuns" he may change with the direction and permission of the Abbess of his region. He may with special permission belong to both in order to live a more full life in the Divine Color.


 * Cloistered Nuns wear the full habit and the cloister is the habit of penance / in other words they go about doing the work of God in the world as "Active Nuns" or "Apostolic Nuns" and the habit permits them to move about for the enclosure is the habit itself.


 * Secret Nuns - or "In Pectora" are men who go about the love of God doing great things. There call is truly an act of humility within the world. They are seen as examples of grace and perfect joy. They are ones who secretly do good and disappear and move on to the next apostolic endeavor, in may ways they are the real Sisters of Divine Color showing for the radiance of Gods mercy and love.
 * After a period of time with the mistress of formation e.g. a day, or a full year the candidate may be admitted into either branch of the order.

Vows:


 * Each sister take three vows, Simplicity of life, Love of God and Creation and Obedience to the Corporal and Spiritual needs of the people for which he lives.
 * These vows are private for both branches of the Order.

Daily Prayer:

Each day the Sister gives praise to God - his first worlds will always be... Praise be Jesus Christ the Divine One that gives light to all people. Amen. Benedictus Iesus Christus divinitatis quae inluminat omnem hominem. Amen.

High Holy Days of Obligation:

Decadence Day: Labor Day Weekend - this is A Soaring Celebration

Mardi Gras: A Soaring Feast (Easter will fall on the first full moon after the spring equinox)

Martyrs of the Holy Beaver Tail: A Lament Feast that is celebrated on Mundi Gras (Easter will fall on the first full moon after the spring equinox)


 * Solemn Feast (sacred day) e.g. founders day, reception day of the holy habit, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Confession day to the Empress of the World (September 3) – (the wearing of the white blush veil - purity of heart)


 * High Feast (extraordinary day) e.g. sisters birthday, entrance into community, commemoration day of a death of a sister, Confession day to Rev. Lutz (June 3) - the wearing of the black blush veil - for all faults against the holy rule and the order


 * Medium Feast (average day) e.g. commemoration of living saints - Blessed Edward of Quincy, Blessed Leigh of New Orleans - relics are venerated that day at the corner of St. Philip and Bourbon Streets in New Orleans, LA


 * Low day Feast (subdue day) e.g. chores and lunch or coffee with the sisters

Three High Holy Days of Obligation will be observed with the entire order and they are as follows.

Founders Day: October 31 - Full Joy and Praise - The wearing of the festive Habit - (No blush veil)

Decadence Day: First Saturday of September this is A Soaring Celebration that is to say its a movable feast) (No blush veil)

Mardi Gras: A Soaring Feast (Easter will fall on the first full moon after the spring equinox) that is to say its a movable feast) (No blush veil)

Minor Days of Celebration:

Martyrs of the Beaver Tail (High Feast): A Lamenting Feast - this feast that is celebrated on Mundi Gras (Easter will fall on the first full moon after the spring equinox therefore this feast is also a Soaring Celebration - that is to say its a movable feast) (No blush veil)