Rev. Karie Ann Charlton is a PCUSA pastor, writer, and menstrual health advocate. She volunteers with Days for Girls International, providing menstrual health kits and education.
Karie would love to talk to your employer about being a period positive workplace. She is also available to speak with volunteer organizations about period poverty and all of the ways we can advocate for access to menstrual health education and menstrual products.
Pastor Karie is available to preach or speak about how she connects her faith to volunteering, giving, and community engagement. She is also available to lead workshops or retreats. Pastor Karie loves to work in interfaith/multi-faith spaces focusing on how we can unite for social justice and for respectful relationship.
Contact her to book a speaking engagement for any community group, school, or religious organization.
Read her work published in Presbyterian Outlook
Listen to her guest appearance on Spirited Animation to discuss Pixar’s Turning Red! And menstruation, ministry, and mother-daughter relationships.
Read about the period pastor in Fidelia, The Young Clergy Women magazine or in cartoon form in Public Source
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Psalm 33 (2025-2026A)
Rejoice in the Beloved, O you holy ones!Praise is a grace of the loving. Praise the Beloved with strings and reeds,Give praise with dance and leaps; sing a new song, and shout with joyful heart!For the work of the Creator is truth, and all creation reflects the faithfulness of the Beloved.Justice and mercy we render the…
Psalm 8 (2025-2026A)
O Love, my Beloved, How powerful is your Name in all the earth!You, whose glory is sung in heaven by the angels and saints,Who with he innocence and spontaneity of a child,Confound those who are mighty and proud,You comfort the unloving and fearful.When I look up at the heavens, at the work of Love’s creation,…
Scotland 2025
Opening our hearts to prayer is the first move of a pilgrimage. The second move is towards each other. The third move is towards a highland cow… I’m only half kidding. Participating in pilgrimages has shaped my heart to become more and more like the sacred heart of Jesus. I’ve grown fond of the community…
Period Pastor Pad 