Period Pastor

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 138 (2025-2026A)

I give thanks, O Blessed One, with my whole heart;before all the people I sing your praise;I was humbled when I came to see that You dwell in me, in the chapel of all souls; my gratitude knows no bounds!For You are the Holy One, the Life of our life.On the day that I called, You…

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The Beloved is gracious to us, a loving Presence within us;The Radiant One shines in us.O, that Love’s Way would be lived throughout the earth,Love’s abiding power embraced by all nations.May the people ever rejoice in You singing songs of appreciationfor all that You, O Beloved, freely give to us.Let the nations listen and heed;…

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Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters dwell in unity!It is like vistas seen from atop a mountain one has climbed …Or like the stillness of a sunset after a long day’s work.It is like a shimmering rainbow, breaking through a summer rain.When men and women dwell in harmony, the star…

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