The Spiritual Journey(s) of the Sisters of the Ole Order of Immaculate Contraception and Perpetual Indulgence.
It was a warm autumn evening in October 2004. Barcelona had been just what the doctor ordered, for 8 gorgeous , lively and slightly mad health professionals, briefly escaping from the stresses of the NHS. The venue, a bar in a somewhat seedy square, baptised Dodgy Square by the group, was somewhere off the famous Ramblas, and was so named due to living up to its guidebook description of having a - discrete police presence. Only a short walk from our hotel, the San Agustin, the evening was going well, lubricated generously with several bottles of local Cava. As we reflected on our short time in this fabulous capital of Catalonia, a strange and spiritual glow overcame the group. Was it Sangria, Sambucca, Cava or some even more powerful spirit?. The group were certain. This was something much more, we were there for a reason. The San Agustin, an ex-convent, had inexorably drawn these devotees in waiting to its spiritual bosom so that a new order could be formed. This was to become the formative meeting of the famous Sisters of the Ole Order; a devout order of hedonistic, slightly bonkers ladies in fancy dress, who are destined to follow this particular mission statement: To boldly go wherever easyjet will take us, to partake of fine wine and food, etc etc. (refer to Minutes for full statement). The initial converts to the Ole Order were -
Mother Superior ... previously of the ole order of the hairy hounds
Sister Jezabel ... previously of the ole order of the fallen Barclaycard
Sister Serena ... previously of the ole order of the sparkly bling.
Sister Evangelica ... previously of the ole order of bravissimo
Sister Katrina.....previously of the ole order of catatonic schizophrenics
Sister Barbarella Insulinata, previously of the ole order of the diabolical diabetics
Sister Angelica ... previously of the ole order of afflicted anaphylactics
Sister Elena Bodega ... previously of the ole order of the inebriated virgins
To be continued !!!