The Sisters of Origin
Weekend in 2006 - Founding Group
In March, 2006, a group of
women got an email from Sister Margaret to create a
tradition originally conceived by Henrietta when she was
capturing memories for her family book history project a
few years ago. With the energy of Gina, Henrietta, and
others, the word went out to the women of origin in the
Victoria Halbleib and Margaret Rourke lineage: A
celebration of women was afoot. Who's a sister of
origin? Someone over 40. So the Grande Dames met
and the rest is either history... or not yet to be told. |
Sister Margaret arranged for a "cabin" at Milford Lake,
west of Junction City owned by the order. It just
looks like a convent.
It wasn't a "real" convent. |
Women of Wisdom:
The first generation:
Sister Margaret Rourke, Lucille Rourke Nemechek, Eileen
Rourke Nemechek |
No, Mary Lou,
they're doing 1st generation pictures now. You belong in
the over 40 group. |
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Mothers and their Daughters |
Lucille
Nemechek and her Women of Wisdom:
Margaret Morgan, Mary Lou Harding, Gina McFall, Lucille,
Barbie Winston, Henrietta Glatter, and Monica Jefferson? |
Eileen
Nemechek and her "daughter". Poor Eileen, she just had a
bunch of boys and no girls so she came with her first
"daughter", daughter-in-law, Jan Nemechek |
Gina Nemechek
McFall and her mother, Sister Margaret Rourke.
Gina: "She's my other mother. But who's my daddy?
Anyone know who's my daddy?" |
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The Age Groups of the Second Generation |
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louise and kathleen and marie (next yr)
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jennie and laurita and maxine (next yr)
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We're the
oldest and most mature of the wise women double cousins:
Margaret Morgan, Jennie Mills, and Kathleen Kazmaier |
Poor Mary Lou.
She was born and had to play with a bunch of boy double
cousins.
L to R: Kathleen Kazmaier, Margaret Morgan, Jennie
Mills, and Mary Lou Harding |
We're the next
wise women double cousins, The older ones may be more
mature,
but we're faster!
Gina McFall and Louise Seltman |
The Little
Girls: Barbie Winston, Henrietta Glatter, Laurita
Burbach, and Monica ?? Jefferson??? But Monica, you look
like the back of Kathleen! We missed you. |
The Sisters go to work (and play) the first
evening and review the family tree, the stories,
Gina's photo album, and they get the whole thing all
straightened out! |
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In the tradition of the "Ya-Ya
Sisterhood", The Sisterhood of Origin honor the maternal
line of our feminine ancestors: Crescenzia Thum,
Crescentzia Emmerling, Victoria Halbleib, Margaret
Rourke and our mothers. We celebrate and honor their
wisdom, courage, love, and what they gave us. May we do
the same for our daughters and their daughters. |
Crafts?
We have to do crafts? We have to make what?
Crowns? Oh, yeah, crowns for the ceremony to
celebrate. |
Who has the sticky glue? Any ribbons? I haven't done
crafts in 40 years. Where's that glittery paint drawing
stuff? |
If I stick this on my crown will it still look like a
Shriner hat? I can't get mine to stay on? Do we have to
bring these every year? |
Wow, Jan and Kathleen! (Princess Dovie and Madame
Flutter), "Those are works of art" say
Laurita and Gina (Mother Earth Hawk
and Empress Gigi) |
Back (L to R) Lady Essence of Fire, Simply Saline,
Princess Grace; Front (L to R)
Empress Gigi, Lady Dancing Swan,
Duchess of Burning Embers |
Do we really have to have cabbage again? Everyone
brought cabbage.
(Boy, I hope our Separators work. ) |
| The Ya
Ya Sisterhood Ceremonies |
Pearl of Great Prize,
Countess
Leni,
Lady Dancing Swan |
Do you think we look like Shriners? |
The gracious and wise Grande Dames are awarded the
porcelain eggs of the sisterhood
by Mother Earth Hawk. |
The sisters are recipients of the flexible eggs, the
gooey ones. (We are still a work in progress after all.)
LtoR: Mother Earth Hawk, Countess
Leni, Lady of Patience, Duchess of Burning Embers,
Empress Gigi, Simply Saline, and Goddess of Walkabout
Dreamtime (front) |
Madame Flutter,
Goddess of Walkabout Dreamtime,
and Simply Saline
Margaret is either meditating or simply can't bear to
watch these crowns bobbing and swaying in the wind. |
Hey, Louise (Lady of Patience), we cut Margaret Simply
Saline off when you were laughing. She was smiling
great here.
We're still the oldest and most mature ??
(You know, we're the next 3 in line.)
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And the Sisters go home to return on:
April 13, 14, 15, 2007...
we go to grow and learn more to share. |
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| We Are
Sisters. We Are One. And We Are Named: (subject to
change of course) |
Lucille - Lady Dancing Swan
Eileen - Countess
Leni
Margaret - Pearl of Great Prize
Janice - Princess Dovie
Margaret Ann - Simply Saline
Jennie - Goddess of Walkabout Dreamtime
Kathleen - Madame Flutter
Mary Lou - Duchess of Burning Embers |
Gina - Empress Gigi
Louise - Lady of Patience
Laurita - Mother Earth Hawk
Barbie - Princess Grace
Henrietta - Lady Essence of Fire
Monica (in absentia) - Countess of Forward Vision
Maxine (in absentia) - to be determined
Marie (in absentia) - to be determined |
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Special Honors of 2006 |
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Mary Lou:
Named the Group |
Jan: Greatest
Listener |
Louise:
Creator of special language phrases of the Sisterhood |
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Kathleen:
Creator of the "ant pile" and other unique descriptors |
Eileen:
Honesty in confessing that sex happened before 1966. |
Laurita:
Awarded the sisterhood symbol of the eggs, the eggs of
maternity |
