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

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

What bold journey am I ready to begin?

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

"It came to me when I first visited St. Rose ..."

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

"... 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."

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

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

Honoring discernment, ministry and perpetual adoration

“I still choose to live it every day.”

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

Sister Rosile's advice to discerners: “Trust in God — you will be making the right choice.”

"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!"

Celebrating the selfless giving of FSPA jubilarians!

From discernment to ministry, Sister Jacinta inspires: "You've given me something to think about."

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

FSPA celebrates the ministry, since Aug. 1, 1978, of perpetual adoration to the world.

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."

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

Let the 2018 FSPA Jubilee celebrations begin!

Like a scientific finding, discernment starts with a question.

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

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.

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

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."

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

FSPA: living modern lives, sacred traditions.

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.

139 years of perpetual adoration: rejoicing, ringing, reflecting and praying. 

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

Commitment to prayer, service polishes their priceless lives.

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.

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

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

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

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

What if, like St. Clare, you lived your life steeped in prayer?

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

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

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