6/9/96 (SCA 30 Year Celebration, AS XXXI) Katriana of Grithold buys the title of Mother Superior of the Holy Order of Our Lady of Debauchery from Cardinal Stefano of the Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church of An Tir (Inc.); she uses the title to sell Monk/Nunships and Abbot/esses for beer to become the First Tablero Centurian.

7/?/96 (Kriegstreiber, ASXXXI) In trying to get more free beer, Katriana receives questions from prospective recruits about the rights and responsibilities of being in the Order; these novel questions cause her to start thinking about the various types of good the Order could do.

8/?/96 (Ducal War, ASXXXI) The first copies of the Rule of the Order are distributed, written by the Mother Superior and the new Grand Inquisitor (Runswith of Grithold, Katriana's Other Half).

6/?/98 (Dragon's Mist Defender's Tourney, ASXXXIII) The order performs its first Service, and handfasts a couple after the service.

First Psaying from Jeffrey Sinclair: Life has to be more than a heartbeat. What we hold sacred gives our lives meaning.

Second Psaying from Willie Wonka: We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

SoapBox: Thank you for coming to our first service of the Order. I would like to explain to you what we're about.
All of our lives, we must fulfill many different duties; duties to our parents, our teachers, our clans, kin, and families, our employers, and our King. In the hectic age in which we live, here in AS XXXIII, these many duties can cause us to forget to take care of ourselves, and to give ourselves over to pleasure and fun; or when we take the time, we forget ourselves and through not thinking cause harm--at least to ourselves the next morning. The Holy Order of Our Lady of Debauchery exists to encourage Fun and Play, and to remind people to think while they play. Our bywords are Safe, Sane and Consensual, and we mean to show that these three bywords can help assess any situation; and as long as we can make you smile, we're doing something right. If this sounds like a Good Idea to you, stick around after the service and we can talk about it.

8/1/98 (Rivers Faire, ASXXXIII) The Order performed their second service.

The First Psaying is from Londo Mollari: "Well, you see, we Centauri are always on duty--duty to the Republic, to our houses, to one another. And so we have made the practice of Joy another duty, one which must be persued as vigorously as the others. You should try it some time."

The Second Psaying is from Brother Theo: "The Bible says that even the smallest sparrow does not fall without God seeing it. What then of all these other races on distant worlds [people in distant places]? Would He abandon them? Or reveal Himself in some other way? God goes by many names. Perhaps some are alien-sounding--different faces and history--but all describing the same Creator. We've come here to learn all those names--in hopes of better understanding the One who is behind them."

SoapBox: Why are you here? More importantly, why are we here? Why are we holding this service? To do honor to Our Lady of Debauchery. Well, who the heck is she?
Our Lady of Debauchery is the personification of the human need to play, and the concern that humans living in communities naturally have for one another. She is a part of the energy of the human race, an inspiration for creativity, and a darn good excuse. If you like, you can say that She is a relative of Santa and the Easter Bunny--a personification of a particular spirit. She does not represent a season--unless you only worship during the Tourney Season--but rather an attitude and atmosphere of Joy. Her goal is to see everyone joyous; her pain is twofold--that people are forgetting to play, and that people who misunderstand the concept of "play" are hurting themselves and each other.
She does not expect total or exclusive devotion; She does not want to stand between you and your God or Goddess. She'd just like it if you think about Her every once in a while, remember to treat yourself well, and keep it Safe, Sane and Consensual. That would make Her extremely happy.
If that sounds good to you, and you would like to become a member of our congregation, stick around after the Service for the Mass Baptism. And if you would like to become a member of the Order, you can talk to us later. We could always use a few more suckers--I mean tithing members.