Let us unite in prayer this Memorial Day.

Searching for recovery and inspiration ... we too are watching the tomb.

Collaboration to survive, learning new ways to thrive

How do you walk with thirst in your own desert experience?

Advent in action: are you living in the glow of discernment?

"... exciting to see what ministry has offered me."

"I had several strong influences to inspire me."

"Francis would be happy" for the "diversity of the Franciscan family."

‘My delight has been being spirit led to an ever-deepening relationship with God.’

“It just seemed to be my way,” says Sister Lorraine.

"I love companioning people as they live into the fullness of God's invitation for their life."

"The most exciting realization ... is that I'm not finished!"

What adventure God is offering for you to consider?

Where do these pioneers, blazing their own paths to religious life, inspire you to go?

Are you carrying and comprehending security, delight and love through the doors to religious life?

"... each new shape of clay," shares Sister Amy about her time with Sister Laurice at the potter's wheel, "mirrored my own transformation as a religious sister."

Discernment: "... when a walk becomes a gateway to prayer that soothes our souls."

Praying for religious life on April 22: who will you invite to the conversation?

"The trust lay people put in me with their personal lives." 

When desire to be of service is present, are we ready to love like Christ?

How is your discernment part of the pilgrimage experience? Are you willing to enter the passage?

Your obituary: will it speak to your courage, service, voice, gifts?

As each bell chimed, my vision of the world widened; I've prayed for people around the globe.

Commitment to prayer, service polishes their priceless lives.

Easter alleluias always come: God will not abandon you on your discernment journey.

By choosing to distract ourselves from listening—particularly when we are called to rise to the potential already within us—we can hide from God.

When we say "Yes" to vocation we—like Mary—must walk the road, learning as we go, trusting God is always there.

Traveling through your own Egypt experience for the cool waters of friendship, understanding and companionship in discernment.

Love: it's also what discernment—and religious life—are all about.

Service and discernment: are you open to the idea that God co-creates with you the future?

What if your dream is the one the world needs now?

Is it snowing in your world of discernment?

The searing questions we hear on the lips of Jesus are held in tension with this sense of Advent joy.

Leaving your illusions at the door: who you are and why God calls you to discern religious life.

Have you invited God into the task you're putting off?

Discerning through the dust of spiritual earthquakes: a readiness and responsiveness to what becomes unearthed.

Olympics and religious discernment: to win not a gold medal but a relationship with God, you don't have to be a skilled athlete of prayer.

Words, vows, renewing commitment: what does your life call you to today?

Who are the trailblazers in your life? Are you willing to go where God leads?

How does your calendar tell the story of chronos and kairos in your life?

Your journey to religious life starts with your story... and a step.