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FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF PERPETUAL ADORATION
Julia Walsh Accepted into Novitiate

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May 23, 2007

Franciscan Sisters Receive Julia Walsh into Novitiate

La Crosse, Wis. - The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) have accepted Julia Walsh into the novitiate program. Reception Vespers will be held Friday, May 25, at 4:00 p.m. at Mary of the Angels Chapel in La Crosse.

A native of Elgin, Iowa, Walsh holds a bachelor of arts degree from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, with a double major in history and teacher education and a minor in Catholic studies. Since graduating college in December 2003, she has served as a lobbyist intern for the Iowa Catholic Conference; Youth Corps Director for Tubman House, Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Sacramento, Calif.; volunteer for Place of Grace Catholic Worker House in La Crosse; summer program instructor for the University of Minnesota Upward Bound program in Minneapolis, Minn. Her most recent ministry wass working as service projects coordinator for Work in Progress AmeriCorps in Minneapolis. Walsh is interested in a number of issues including youth empowerment, social justice and environmentalism.

For the past year and a half, Walsh has been in the associate phase of incorporation into the FSPA, studying Franciscanism and theology, learning about the FSPA community, volunteering and participating in FSPA community events.

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