Welcome to the Abbey of St Joan Timeline History. This is a history of our house, but it is not yet a complete history. Our archive teams will be adding to this timeline. If you have a contribution to the timeline, please contact the Mistress of Webs.
February 10
My Bloody Ms. Valentine at Rebar
February 22
Gay Latino Pageant
February 28
Loretta Thunderpussy’s Show at OZ
March 2
General Membership Meeting
March 8
Invocation at Crown Prince and Princess Royal Pageant
March 13
Dine Out for Life
Benefit dinner for the Chicken Soup Brigade
March 20
Mark Finley’s Retirement Show at Neighbors
March 29
NorWesCon
NorWesCon is the Pacific Northwest’s premier science fiction and fantasy convention and one of the largest regional science fiction and fantasy conventions in the United States. The Sisters distributed condoms and raised safer sex awareness.
March 30
Easter
The Sisters held a public manifestation to extirpate stigmatic guilt by distributing condoms.
April 4
Art for Auction
Benefit held for Women’s Funding Alliance
April 19
Chicken Soup Brigade Gay Bingo
April 20
General Membership Meeting
April 20
Progression
Novice Faerlie Clara Voyant progressed to Sister
April 28
General Membership Meeting
May 3
Seattle AIDS Memorial Vigil
Candle lighting ceremony
May 4
General Membership Meeting
May 4
New Postulant
The Sisters welcomed Postulant Cadie Lac DeVil
May 5
General Membership Meeting
May 12
“Like Mother, Like Daughter” Contest at Re-Bar
May 13
General Membership Meeting
May 17
Names Project Quilt Showing
May 17
First Manifestation of Confessions on Broadway
The first manifestation of Confessions on Broadway to collect donations to support Ride for a Reason, Northwest AIDS Foundation.
May 24
Public Manifestation
A manifestation on Broadway to collect merchant donations for our Anniversary Party
May 26
Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center
May 28
General Membership Meeting
June 1
General Membership Meeting
June 14
Care to Dance
Benefit for the Chicken Soup Brigade
June 15
General Membership Meeting
June 16
Bailey Boushay Benefit Auction
Benefit for the Chicken Soup Brigade
June 20
Miracle on the Green
Benefit for the Northwest AIDS Foundation
June 22
Gay Pride Festival
June 23
General Membership Meeting
June 26
Public Manifestation at U.S. West
Manifestation for community service and education
June 27
Transgender Pride Festival
Public manifestation at the first Transgender Pride Festival
June 29
Gay Pride Parade
July 6
General Membership Meeting
July 6
New Postulant
The Sisters welcomed Postulant Castrata Stigmata Banana Fana Fo-Fata
July 12
Bastille Day Luau Volleyball Tournament & Anniversary Party
July 20
General Membership Meeting
August 30
Vancouver Gay Pride Parade
August 11
General Membership Meeting
August 11
Progression
Postulant Cadie Lac DeVil progressed to Novice
August 16
Ride for a Reason
The Sisters served dinner for the riders of the event, benefitting Northwest AIDS Foundation
September 19-20
Rock for the Walk
Benefit for the Northwest AIDS Foundation at the Sit-N-Spin
September 23
Gay Bingo
Benefit for the Chicken Soup Brigade, and the Abbey’s first as volunteers
September 28
Folsom Street Fair
Manifestation at the world-famous public kink and fetish even in San Francisco
October 4
Gay Bingo
Benefit for the Chicken Soup Brigade
October 5
General Membership Meeting
October 5
Progression
Postulant Castrata Stigmata Banana Fana Fo-Fata progressed to Novice
October 11
National Coming Out Day
Public manifestation for a counter-rally at Westlake Center and a toaster oven signing, raising money for Lambert House
October 19
General Membership Meeting
November 9
General Membership Meeting
November 23
General Membership Meeting
December 11
General Membership Meeting
December 21
General Membership Meeting
December 21
Election
The Sisters voted to make Sister Faerie Clara Voyant the Mistress of Archives