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THE ORDER OF SAINT CATHERINE

EST. 1653, 1802

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Sisters of The Order in guardianship of Displaced Children

SAINT CATHERINE OF FELSEN

TRUTH.

HUMILITY.

INTELLIGENCE.

CHARITY.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION I - ESTABLISHMENT

SECTION II - IDEOLOGY

SECTION III - STRUCTURE

 

 


 

SECTION I - THE FIRST ESTABLISHMENT

The rise in the Seventeenth century of tonsured women of the faith flourished in the infancy of the Atlasian continent. The sisterhood, in numbers, was few and scarcely spread with only three primary nuns that were settled in three distinct locations of the realms. Saint Judith of Czena, at the time but a young sister, kept a religious hovel in the Marantine woodlands where she thrived in the company of a garden and a warm pot of tea that she kept for travellers and holy knights. Sister Yuliya of Haense was the only nun in the most southern trenches of the land, residing within the Haeseni capital of Markev as a quiet but hard working member of the religious community. Sister Bogdanova of Hussaria remained in isolation within the hinterlands, proceeding to pursue a cloistered life of silent service to GOD. From this unlikely triumvirate of devoted women, a great sisterhood grew through zeal and reverence to revitalize the Church through the incorporation of holy women.

 

In the Year of Our Lord, 1648, the Annsden Abbey was founded by The Archbishop Elphias of Metz and the Sisters Judith and Yuliya were tonsured as those who would uphold the mantle of this holy and sanctified build. From humble beginnings, the foundations of the Order of the Saint  Catherine were laid, and continued to built upon with multiple women taking the cloth and swearing the holy vows of the Church. Upon the abdication of the High Pontiff Clement III, the sisterhood saw a great rise in their progressions and their numbers. Archbishop Elphias of Metz ascended the Exalted Throne as the High Pontiff Jude I; the glorious rise launching the sisterhood into sudden prominence and activity. It is recognised that without the faithful efforts of His Holiness, Jude I and Her Reverence, Mother Judith, the Order of the Saint Catherine would not flourish and proceed in such haste and devotion.

 

The archives of the Annsden Abbey brought into sight the recorded vestiges of a bygone sororal order; The Order of St. Julia was conceived by Mother Lorina of Vekaro, its influence heralding the virtues and attributes of the small institution that provided inspiration for the reformation of the sisters and the genesis of the Order of the Saint  Catherine.

 

As the Church of Canon began to accommodate a plethora of vowed sisters, in the Year of Our Lord 1652, the Convent of Esteresa was established within the Principality of Evereux, commonly known as the Duchy of Curon. It was with great charity that His Serene Highness, Prince Alfred I of Cyrilsburg donated the institution to the Order, in hopes that the Mother Church’s purities would cleanse his streets of its unabsolved sin. In the same year, the Order combatted great hardship with the Haensic men who opposed the Church and the Lucienists, preying on the sisters as outlets of their abrasive hate. It was the fiery and inspiring words of Sister Yuliya that filled the Order, preventing submission and allowing the women to rise up and seize independence and sources of strength. Many years later, as humanity began to become plagued by war, the number of pious women dwindled, instead partaking in the sacrament of marriage and subsequently alleviating the issue of populations.

 

On the year of GOD, 1802, at the behest of the High Pontiff Owyn the Third less than a month after his ascension, the Order of Saint Catherine was restored at the helm of the former Sister Roxelana, the reclusive great-niece of the first female Secretariat of the Mother Church, Sister Anabel, who retired from the Curia into a Catherinite abbey where she would remain in reflective solitude. Mother Roxelana and the capable Sister Johanna, with their Vicar’s blessing, began their efforts to revitalize the sisterhood - a component of the church indubitably vital to the inclusion of all in the flock of the faithful.

 

 


 

SECTION II - IDEOLOGY

The Order of the Saint Catherine behooves its dedicants to live with virtue and a continual strive for absolute sanctity. Saint Catherine, daughter to Holy Orenian Emperor John the First, was raised as a kind and honest spirit - one that slipped bread into her basket and ran down to feed the poor, to explore the shores with the common children, and fall into ruts of immersion with the books in her imperial father’s library. As she matured into a woman, Catherine had long been endeavoring to lead a life of virtue and verity, never called to indulge in the commodities and extravagances that were afforded to ladies of her station. Upon the seventeenth name day of Catherine Francesca, she took a high vow to never lie again, and upheld this sacred oath until she died thirty seven years later. This virtue is a venerable token of the Order, inspiring the women each day to act true as the blessed patron did so many years ago. Beatified and later sanctified for her integrity, the Order of Saint Catherine’s intention is to follow in her step and act as she did, true.

 

Saint Catherine took no higher notice of herself in contrast to those that she walked amongst. The humble and modest nature she exhibited was inspired by the late Tuvya Carrion, one who would dress in mundane raiment and experience the world and community without great regard or recognition. Similarly, Catherine would leave her vanities at the palace when she sifted through the populated streets of Felsen, enthusing the work of the tradesman and common Orenian. Her relationship with the people was a critical influence on her life and the perspective people took of her; a strength she wielded and other nobles did not. The Order honors  her humble demeanor, and takes it as another core ideology that is taught to the sisters: To be humble and to be true is to lead a wholly respectable and pious life.

 

The power of language is a weapon that is pushed to be a constant reliance and utility of all sisters of the Order. Through the religious and academic dogmas of humanity are the greatest powers found; that all men and women can use to strengthen belief through education. The Order of the Saint Catherine provides an extensive pedagogy that reminds the women of their intelligence and capacities.

 

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SAINT CATHERINE OF FELSEN, PATRON OF THE ORDER

 “Reform is on our horizon, shining gold with religious fervour. GOD is of love, of restoration and of mercy.”

Saint Judith of Czena

 

 


 

SECTION III - STRUCTURE

The order follows strict structural codes that renders formations that enable tonsured sisters to progress and pursue their ascetic lives in accordance to the Church of the Canon. Within the cohorts of the Order of the Saint Catherine, an ecosystem is built that encourages equal levels for the majority of the sisters, exempting the official roles which sisters can strive for to rise within the Church as secondary and tertiary servants of GOD. In alignment to the Church, the High Pontiff wields absolute authority from the Exalted Throne over the Order of the Saint Catherine, and no sister can challenge his judgement regardless of her office. The sisters of the Order are sworn into their devotion until death, and so all of them are encouraged to aspire to deliver glory and charity in the name of the Creator. All sisters are expected to uphold the principles of the Canonist faith through their education of the Holy Scrolls.

 

HOLY MOTHER-SUPERIOR

The Holy Mother of the Church of the Canon is the highest ranking woman of the clergy and is the supreme mother of the Order of the Saint Catherine. She sits the figurative throne beneath the High Pontiff, whom she closely confides and works with. The Holy Mother, in officiality, is the Prelate of the Sisterhood and is thus in charged with assuring the discipline of the Order.

 

ABBESS

An abbess runs a convent or abbey in alignment and relation to the Order of the Blessed Catherine and the Church of the Canon. Typically, there are only one or two abbess’ serving in their holy office in any one age. The Holy Mother is the archabbess, and might elect another competent woman to oversee another diocese of convents and priories.

 

PRIORESS

A prioress can either be the arch sister of a priory or assistant head over an abbey or convent. She is tasked with the responsibilities of managing the internal affairs of the institution as well as the relations with other monasteries and communities. The prioress serves duly in her duties of discipline and organisation of the sisters within the convent, and actively participates as a right hand to their abbess. Many prioresses claim origins from prosperous houses and families, often being the fourth or latter daughter that would be unlikely to serve higher marital purposes.

 

TONSURED SISTER

A sister that has underwent the tonsuring rites that induct and swear her into the Order of the Blessed Catherine and the Church of the Canon. A tonsured sister has dedicated her life to GOD unto death is delivered.

 

POSTULANT

Within all religious institutions belonging to the Order of the Blessed Catherine, women who intend to swear their vows yet have not participated in their tonsuring rite are known as postulants. Typically, a postulancy can last from six months to two years, allowing for the woman to fix her life to the discipline and lifestyle of the Order. A postulant generally is an active participant in the life of the abbey, progressing alongside the novices and sisters in prayer and religious work.

 

Tenured postulants are women who have been summoned by the Ecclestical Court to the Order of the Blessed Catherine so they may serve a sororal tenure for heinous crimes, sins, or impurities committed. A tenured postulant serves alongside the sisters until the Mother Superior summons a sororal conclave, in which the sisters will cast votes unanimously in favour or disagreement of relieving the postulant of her tenure. All sisters must vote in agreement for the postulant to be relieved of the cloth and dedication to the Order.

 

NOVICE

Women who seek an education in theology and the works of GOD serve in sororal tenures for the Order. Those who undergo these tenures are known as novices, and participate in active life in alignment to the ascetic and policies of the sisterhood. Novices can be wayward women who are inclined to learn more about GOD or the academic courses offered by the professed sisters. 

 

VOLUNTEER

A volunteer can be a Canonist man or woman who dedicates their time to help out in the affairs, events and progressions of the Order of the Blessed Catherine.

 

SORORAL COUNCIL

A governing body of clergywomen who discuss the greater affairs and progressions of the Order of the Blessed Catherine. As the Order grows in territorial magnitude, so will the Council. 

 

THE HOLY MOTHER - Mother Superior Roxelana of Krasna @Axelu

The supreme mother has absolute authority over the Sororal Council of the Canon and the Order of the Blessed Catherine.

 

THE PRIORESS OF GODVINUS - Sister Johanna of Helena @venclair

The co-second-in-command of the Order of Saint Catherine, and its legate in the Diocese of Godvinus - the territories encompassing the Empire and its subsequent territories, the Prioress is in charged with the recruitment of sisters in the Southern Hemisphere alongside assuring their quality and devotion.

 

THE PRIORESS OF JORENUS - Mother Superior Roxelana of Krasna @Axelu (Temporary)

The co-second-in-command of the Order of Saint Catherine, and its legate in the Diocese of Jorenus - the territories encompassing the Kingdoms of Hanseti-Ruska and Norland, the Prioress is in charged with the recruitment of sisters in the Northern Hemisphere alongside assuring their quality and devotion.

 


 

 

 


 

IN NOMINE DEI

His Holiness Owyn the Third,  High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon, Archbishop of Visigia, Successor of the High Priesthood of the Church, Supreme Pontiff of the Church of True Faith, Keeper of the Canon, Missionary to Aeldin, High Servant to the Exalted's Testaments, Humble Servant of the Faithful and Vicar of GOD

Her Reverence Roxelana Anabel, Holy Mother and Prelate of the Order of Saint Catherine

 

 


 

All persons who play female characters are welcome to join using the format below in the comments. Under this new administration, we’re hoping to create a fresh path of roleplay for any who is interested. Don’t be shy!

 

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Birthplace:

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"A splendid feat indeed."  Owyn III raised his glass of champagne to the nuns who giggled in passing "Our Faith has never been more inclusive. GOD blesses these fine women of the Faith."

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1 minute ago, Totalitarian said:

Sister Olga smiles from Hell as her former order is revived.

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Prioress Johanna, with a still expression, signed the Lorraine whilst uttering faintly, "May the pious be shepherded a pace further into the kingdom of GOD."

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TO JOIN: 

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Name: Katernina Devereux

As a sister or volunteer:  Sister

Race: Human

Birthplace: Curon

Place of residence: Haense

 

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Mc Name: jinglebellee

Discord name: jinglebelle#3059

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