We are The Fourth City Sisters of the Abbey of the Glittering Arch of Saint Louis, Missouri, Inc. Saint Louis, MO USA , a Fully Professed House of the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence, and we are here to Spread Joy and Legs! as we encourage members of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area to Go Fourth (can you tell we like puns?) and Sin Some More!

We are a house of service, ministry, and outreach to our LGBTQ community and others in need. We promote human rights, respect, diversity and spiritual enlightenment for all humankind. Our focuses are bringing awareness to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, gender issues, the eradication of bullying, and teaching others the value of self-worth.

We want to show our community as much love as possible. We want to support them, hold space for them, and raise their voices. And we want to be part of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which is filled with some amazing mentors and heroes. We want to share the traditions of a time-honored institution with the Saint Louis community and bring some Saint Louis craziness to the SPI.

We believe that every member of our community should be free to express themselves and become their true selves. We hope to make this possible by being the weirdest fucking bitches in the room, allowing others to feel comfortable being their truest selves without fear or guilt. We believe in sex positivity, empowerment, and equality and aren’t afraid to fight for it through sermons and blessings. We are the Abbey of the Glittering Arch, and we are here to go fourth and sin some more!

If you tried to picture the type of person who would use our slogan, “Spreading Joy and Legs, Go Fourth and Sin Some More!”, we’re about what you would imagine. We are Queer, kinky, poly, and we genderfuck just about better than anyone else. We are activists. We fight against white supremacy, injustice, homophobia, and transphobia. We are sacred clowns; we have fun and make sure that everyone gets at least one speck of glitter on them before the end of the night, using our image and antics to challenge authority and oppression. We are nuns. We cry with our community, mourn with our community, and celebrate with our community through blessings and manifestation. We are the Fourth City Sisters and we are a family that is one of a kind.

The Fourth City Sisters of the Abbey of the Glittering Arch are not the first, second, or third rendition of the SPI in Saint Louis, however we humbly believe we will be the last. Our members come from across the nation, many of us having rubbed glittery elbows with wonderful SPI chapters on the way until the calling of sisterhood was finally heard in St. Louis. The house was founded by six individuals who felt the need for a new face of Sistering in St. Louis. Our house embraces and embodies the Diversity of our LGBTQQIIA+ Communities, and are proud of our melting pot of membership. We aim to expiate stigmatic guilt and bring joy to the greater community, but many of us also have personal causes and missions. Some missions of individual sisters in the house include HIV prevention and advocacy, LGBTQ youth, empowerment of the Transgender community, and more. Our myriad of perspectives have blended together to create a house of dramatic AF sinfully sweet summbitches.