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

There's more to Sister Sarah's discernment story ... [video]
"You can't say yes to religious life until you can say no to it. It must be a free choice."

What if my family isn’t Catholic? Meet Sister Sarah. [Video]
In Sister Sarah’s Show me a sign video, she and her parents discuss the common religious life discernment question, “What if my family isn’t Catholic?”

Images of discernment: what's missing?
Are you the lost link in strengthening service to those in need?


Merry, joyful and bright
Let's celebrate all the gifts in our hearts ... including discernment of religious life.

Discernment and Advent: is your heart ready for the celebration?
Hope is there like a long, invisible chain, linking the moments until the celebration can begin.

Discernment and Advent: called to new life
How has God been with you ... every step of the way?

Discernment and Advent: what are you preparing for?
How will we make the time to give our attention to prayer, not only during the season of Advent but throughout the whole year?


There's more to Sister Lucy's discernment story ...
"Being a part of community has clearly amplified what I can do with my life in ways that I could never do as a single Catholic woman."

Premiere: What if my family doesn’t agree with my choice? [Video]
In our premiere video, watch Sister Lucy and her sister Eileen talk about the sibling relationship during discernment and after profession of vows.

Clearing hurdles with vocation discerners
"Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment" and FSPA give voice to 'counter-cultural choices.'

What will you bring to the feast today [and every day]?
Reach out to our brothers and sisters -- do what is yours to do -- through prayer, in ministry.

A new career in religious life?
Ask any Catholic sister: a "yes" to religious life can open more doors than ever imagined.

Honoring service, goodness
Reflecting and renewing as revolutionaries of goodness on Labor Day.
Mary, Clare, a novice and an associate: discerning pathways to God
Where do these pioneers, blazing their own paths to religious life, inspire you to go?
Sounding the bell for 140 years of 24/7 prayer [video]
FSPA celebrates the ministry, since Aug. 1, 1978, of perpetual adoration to the world.

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

Empowering peace this Fourth of July
Let us light up the sky with bold goodness of prayer ...

Discerning Religious Life? Consider the power of a good question…
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!) ...

Finding God at the wheel with Sister Laurice
"... 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."


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

Called to the right now of the journey
Discernment: "... when a walk becomes a gateway to prayer that soothes our souls."

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

Sister Cormarie celebrates, contemplates religious life in jubilee
"In my heart," shares Sister Cormarie, "my vows were final the first time I spoke them."

FSPA reflects upon World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Praying for religious life on April 22: who will you invite to the conversation?

Sister Marla celebrates, contemplates religious life in jubilee
Tending to discernment requires prayer, guidance, openness ... risking the goodness when found.

Filling our hearts this Easter season
Let us celebrate Jesus and the joyfulness of his resurrection.


FSPA at RE Congress 2018 ... Rise Up!
Sisters Amy and Kathy reached out to hundreds of people with "Discernment of signs along the way: your story of service in the Catholic Church" at the recent Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.

What inspires Sister Sue about religious life today?
"The time is blooming with opportunity, and craving what we have to offer."

What inspires Sister Janet about about religious life today?
"The trust lay people put in me with their personal lives."

These are our own Meribah moments
How can the invitation to discern help you develop your own heart of flesh?

Temptation and transformation in the desert
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.

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

Turn your back or open your arms to discernment?
Will we live with eyes wide open or avert our glance, ignoring our brothers and sisters in need?

Discovery in discernment: breakthroughs of mind and heart
Like a scientific finding, discernment starts with a question.

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


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

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

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

What did you say?
From novice to the common good: the language of discerning religious life.

Discernment: clothed in your own uniqueness
Call to mind the boldness of wearing orange when the world encourages you to blend in.

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

Discerning, igniting a revolution of peace
What would happen if we woke up and fostered peace and positivity instead of hate and greed?

Intuition: an essential tool for home improvement and discernment
There may not be assembly instructions for completing the perfect household project or the future, discernment included.

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

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

Imagination inspires vision in discernment
Discernment: imagining yourself in new climates, cultures an invitation from God.

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

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

Obituaries and celebrating St. Clare
Your obituary: will it speak to your courage, service, voice, gifts?


Sister Amy: grateful for the ways I'm inspired to pray
The Holy Spirit is really good at getting my attention, inviting me to contemplation.

"Yes" to God's invitation
Witness what it means to walk the Gospel-centered journey of life as a religious sister.

Where are we going?
Road of discernment: your gifts and talents may be precious fuel for propelling us into the future.


What if it's you?
The circle of discernment: even wider when you consider that the whole Catholic church is praying for you.

Unpredictability, overwhelming beauty coexist
Discernment: soaking up spring storms and the greening world around us.

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

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

Kindness: we are all called to be Esther
On the Lenten road of kindness and spiritual growth, Esther is a model for discerners.


Sharing courage to walk in darkness and light
Does love want others to lose in order for someone to win?

World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life
Will you be part of the next generation of consecrated life?


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

Thankfulness, flaming rolls and the illusion of perfection
Leaving your illusions at the door: who you are and why God calls you to discern religious life.


Trying on your metaphorical lenses
Religious discernment: scrutinizing, eliminating and finding the right fit.

Following Francis: the margins may be closer than you think
Searching and serving--every day--those on the periphery.

Carrying the wounds of the cross
How is your life marked--celebrated--as a discerning follower of Jesus?

Peace in the midst of unrest
Discerning in a hurting world: when our faith asks us, in difficult times, to look again.
Franciscan family reunions
Are you called to join a family of Franciscans working in service of the Gospel?

A jubilant life
The jubilee of your life: is discernment leading you to enjoy it rather than endure it?

Use words when necessary
Words, vows, renewing commitment: what does your life call you to today?

Trailblazers and touchstones along the path
Who are the trailblazers in your life? Are you willing to go where God leads?

Seeing discernent from new heights
Ask yourself: are you seeing discernment from new heights? A different point of view?

Let's begin with your story ... and a step
Your journey to religious life starts with your story... and a step.