All are invited to join, experience and listen with FSPA as we celebrate women religious!   

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

Are you called to add your voice to the vocation conversation? 

"Who am I called to be?"

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

“I still choose to live it every day.”

For these blessings and the opportunity to choose religious life, we give thanks.

Sharing support — like she received in vocations — with future Franciscan leaders.

Celebrating eternal goodness of God's love and Christ's resurrection this Easter Sunday.

What adventure God is offering for you to consider?

How could religious life call you to be a person of love in the world?

Are you the lost link in strengthening service to those in need?

Is the spark of religious life guiding you?

Let's celebrate all the gifts in our hearts ... including discernment of religious life.

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?

What are you thankful for today?

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

Reach out to our brothers and sisters -- do what is yours to do -- through prayer, in ministry.

Reflecting and renewing as revolutionaries of goodness on Labor Day.

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

Let us light up the sky with bold goodness of prayer ...

"... 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."

Let us remember, celebrate, pray.

Sister Amy celebrates "... all the ways that God has brought you to this milestone in your life."

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

Let us celebrate Jesus and the joyfulness of his resurrection. 

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

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

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.

Wishing you all the joy and inspiration of discernnment in 2018 and a lifetime to come.

Carry this gift, from your journey through Advent and discernment, always in your spirit.

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?

Her "heart in the middle of my being" is vital to Sister Ronalda.

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.

"I thank God daily," says Sister Antona, "for His companionship and love."

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.

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

Walking together — through life changers like discernment — takes courage and conviction but also generates power to shape the future.

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?

When the helping hand comes, that's my answer.

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

Sisters Kristin and Laurie celebrate religious vows: rejoice and pray with us!

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

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

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

Jesus showed us how to navigate potholes in discernment.

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

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.

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

God recognizes and welcomes us, costumed or not.

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?

Are external sources determining your interior disposition in 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.

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

When I am discerning I’m not always sure where I’m going, and often times someone else is driving. That someone else may be God ...

Traveling through the waters of discernment