Sister Eileen's multilingual message of hope shows us the way.

"Life with God and in God will always be an adventure."

No matter the space between us, we unite with you in peace.

How are you discovering, building, learning ... discerning?

Under the clutter, are you uncovering invitations to religious life?

Collaboration to survive, learning new ways to thrive

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

Do I have unanswered questions that God can guide me through?

If I could talk to anyone on Earth, who would it be?

What visions do I have of my future?

If I had unlimited time, how would I spend it?

How can I experience my deepest joy?

What am I allowing to stop me from pursuing my dreams?

How am I serving my community?

If I could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?

How are my values reflected in the choices I make?

What needs around me can I fulfill?

What if I chose to live with others who also want to make a difference?

What if I chose to work for the good of others?

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

Advent in action: are you recognizing division in your life?

Advent in action: Are you willing to make room for Jesus and the world in your life?

"There was fun, excitement and challenge in all of it."

"Who am I called to be?"

Have faith "in your deepest desires and God's grace."

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

"No matter where discernment takes you, carry today's Gospel acclamation as you journey forth ..."

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

"I just knew since second grade," shares Sister Linda about her discernment.

How a candid conversation led to 60 years of religious life.

“I still choose to live it every day.”

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

In Sister Laura’s Show me a sign video, she discusses how she navigates her changing role as daughter.

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

What adventure God is offering for you to consider?

In Sister Jacinta’s Show me a sign video, she discusses the common religious life discernment question, “Will I stay in contact with my family?” 

"Tapping into wisdom and knowledge ... as we all walk together to make a difference in the world."

Sister Dawn, in this Show me a sign video, discusses the common religious life discernment question: How will religious life affect my relationships?

Hope is there like a long, invisible chain, linking the moments until the celebration can begin.

How has God been with you ... every step of the way?

How will we make the time to give our attention to prayer, not only during the season of Advent but throughout the whole year?

"Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment" and FSPA give voice to 'counter-cultural choices.'

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?

We learn by asking questions…lots and lots of questions. 

When someone wants to learn more about membership with our congregation, we receive and answer some common questions time and again. And, to help answer those, we've created a reflection guide (learn more and reserve your copy!) ... 

"... 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."

"... living religious life is a journey," shares Sister Sandra, who learned in ministry that "miracles happen."

"In my heart," shares Sister Cormarie, "my vows were final the first time I spoke them."

Tending to discernment requires prayer, guidance, openness ... risking the goodness when found.

"The time is blooming with opportunity, and craving what we have to offer."

How can the invitation to discern help you develop your own heart of flesh?

God guides us to explore the depths of vocational discernment even in the most dreaded circumstances, with us as we confront the temptations that threaten our fidelity to live in communion with God.

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

Silent, spoken, individual, communal, mindful: Sister Clarone reflects on fruitful paths to prayer.

Like a scientific finding, discernment starts with a question.

Spiritual blisters: symbols of joy discovered in risking the journey.

Discipline and commitment in our hearts: not just in Lent but Advent and discernment too.

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

Gathering, contemplating and praising as we celebrate Thanksgiving.

In discernment, abundance is recognizing that God provides more than we could ever consume.

Creation, says Sister Sue, is a small footprint of God's capacity.

From novice to the common good: the language of discerning religious life.

Call to mind the boldness of wearing orange when the world encourages you to blend in.

Active vs. contemplative discernment: visiting communities and meeting sisters equally essential as praying for wisdom and direction.

What would happen if we woke up and fostered peace and positivity instead of hate and greed?

There may not be assembly instructions for completing the perfect household project or the future, discernment included.

Sister Amy, in her own discernment, found that "Each community carried individual tones and music of life."

Poetry as prayer: Sister Lucy Ann is "experiencing deep and profound insights about who I am and how to live more fully into the mysteries of life."

Discernment: imagining yourself in new climates, cultures an invitation from God. 

What happens when parents, friends experience their own moments of obscurity in your discernment?

What would happen if you contacted the community whose website is open in your browser?

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

The Holy Spirit is really good at getting my attention, inviting me to contemplation.

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

Witness what it means to walk the Gospel-centered journey of life as a religious sister.

Road of discernment: your gifts and talents may be precious fuel for propelling us into the future.

Commitment to prayer, service polishes their priceless lives.

What are you finding within the diversion of distraction in discernment?

The circle of discernment: even wider when you consider that the whole Catholic church is praying for you.

Discernment: soaking up spring storms and the greening world around us.

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.

Are you ready to allow God--not a stagnant statue of your own creation--to be the form you follow?

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

On the Lenten road of kindness and spiritual growth, Esther is a model for discerners.

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

Does love want others to lose in order for someone to win?

Will you be part of the next generation of consecrated life?

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?

Trust—on the days you feel like you aren't measuring up to your discernment resolutions—in the power of prayer.

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

The clear invitation of the Advent season: amidst the work make way for hope in our hearts, hope in discernment.

Discernment: How you wait is just as important as the waiting.

Discernment: following the light of daily reflection

How long will this take? How will I know?

Religious discernment: scrutinizing, eliminating and finding the right fit.

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

Journaling by hand or tweeting by phone: are you documenting your discernment?

Running from silence: when we plug in are we silencing God?

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

Are you building bridges in discernment?

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.

Crossing 800 and 138-year-old thresholds to love, acceptance and forgiveness.

Are you nurturing the coals and fanning the flames of discernment?

Discerning in a hurting world: when our faith asks us, in difficult times, to look again.

Allow beauty to seep into your soul ... reflect on things bigger than ourselves.

Are you called to join a family of Franciscans working in service of the Gospel?

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

Sometimes we have to wait in a state of contemplative silence to really know what to do next ... 

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

How are you dealing with the storms of life that can be part of discernment?

Relying on the now moment to find mystery in the fog.