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 107 (2025-2026A)

We give thanks to You, who are the Source of Love;whose Light shines forth throughout the universe!Come, awaken our hearts that we might go you Work;For, without You, we can do nothing; ’tis your Love that loves through us.Gather us in from all the lands, from the east and the west, from the south and the…

Psalm 1 (2025-2026A)

Blessed are those who walk hand in hand with goodness, who stand beside virtue, who sit in the seat of truth;For their delight is in the Spirit of Love, and in Love’s heart they dwell day and night.They are like trees planted by streams of water, that yield fruit in due season,and their leaves flourish;And in all…

Psalm 90 (2025-2026A)

Eternal and Immortal One, You have been our refuge in all generations.Before the mountains were brought forth, before You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, You are the Alpha and the Omega.When our days on Earth are ended, You welcome us home to your Heart, to the City of Light,…

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