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Discovery in discernment: breakthroughs of mind and heart
Thursday, January 11th 2018 10:00 am
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I am fascinated with the brains of scientist and inventors. What keeps them in the lab testing and retesting and searching for the answers they long for? How do they resist boredom? How do they deal...
FSPA reflects upon World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Thursday, April 19th 2018 1:45 pm
The Catholic church will celebrate the annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations on Sunday, April 22, 2018.
Sisters Sarah Hennessey, Julia Walsh and Eileen McKenzie pray in the FSPA Adoration Chapel at St. Rose Convent.
Happy New Year!
Monday, January 1st 2018 10:00 am
Happy New Year to you from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
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May the coming year be filled with inspiration as you discern your vocation....
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 25th 2017 10:00 am
Merry Christmas to you from the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
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May the joy of Christ's birth be in your heart today and throughout the year....
New horizons ahead
Tuesday, August 22nd 2017 10:00 am
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This time of year brings a parade of moving trucks, SUVs and vans, packed to the hilt, making the trek to college dorms and apartments. Dreams of graduation dates and soul-fulfilling careers are...
Viewing relationships in a discernment eclipse
Thursday, August 31st 2017 10:00 am
There are some common experiences that every generation shares and become markers of life. For my parent’s generation it’s the recollection of “Where were you when you heard the...
Tuning in to God, discernment
Thursday, September 21st 2017 2:30 pm
Often when I am looking for inspiration in my writing, I go to places that feed my soul. Recently, I was sitting in the back row of our adoration chapel, pondering what to share in my next blog,...
Intuition: an essential tool for home improvement and discernment
Thursday, September 28th 2017 2:00 pm
To me, do-it-yourself home improvement projects always sound simple and I typically imagine completing whatever the task in a short amount of time; achieving the perfect final product. My...
Action vs. contemplation in discernment?
Thursday, October 12th 2017 10:00 am
Every year, a cycle of radical busyness invades my life. I brace for it and always persevere. Strategy is embedded in the pages of my calendar and I make defensive moves to try to protect time for...
Discernment: clothed in your own uniqueness
Thursday, October 19th 2017 10:00 am
Before I entered elementary school my favorite color was orange. It is a fact of my life story that I haven't recalled in years until I noticed my lunch today — cheddar peanut butter...
What did you say?
Thursday, November 2nd 2017 3:15 pm
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Amidst the world news articles online I recently came across the lighter read “50 Unique Words and Phrases From Each State That Only Locals Understand.” As an avid traveler, I was...
Amidst the world news articles online I recently came across the lighter read “50 Unique Words and Phrases From Each State That Only Locals Understand.” As an avid traveler, I was...
Beacons of hope
Thursday, December 21st 2017 10:00 am
Whether on a trip to visit a friend with a detour along the way or forging my continual pilgrimage through religious life, I rely on mile markers and signs to point me in the direction of...
Journey of Advent
Thursday, December 7th 2017 10:00 am
Image courtesy pixabay.com Do you like to travel? Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? A pilgrimage is a journey on which the participant commits to growing in faith, discovering lessons along the...
FSPA at RE Congress 2018 ... Rise Up!
Thursday, March 22nd 2018 10:00 am
Sisters Amy and Kathy greeted hundreds of people -- youth and adults -- at the annual congress for religious education in Los Angeles, California. (Photographer Victor Aleman)
Sister Kathy and I would like to send a shout out to all those we met at RE Congress 2018: Rise Up! while we represented the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and vocations there....
What inspires Sister Janet about about religious life today?
Friday, March 9th 2018 10:00 am
In honor of National Catholic Sisters Week, Show me a sign posed the question "What inspires you about religious life today?" to women religious in our community. Here's what...
These are our own Meribah moments
Thursday, March 8th 2018 10:00 am
It’s common for many people to run away, hardening their hearts to a possible call to religious life. Fear, anxiety and worry are sometimes overwhelming and leave little room for joy, wonder,...
Temptation and transformation in the desert
Thursday, February 22nd 2018 10:30 am
The Gospel for the first Sunday of Lent makes me imagine a movie trailer for a film directed by Mark. He sets a pithy scene in the desert, features a cast of characters that include Jesus,...
Hearts and ashes
Wednesday, February 14th 2018 8:25 pm
There are special occasions we all look forward to in life; days that we want to mark by dressing up and celebrating with a nice meal. As this Valentine’s Day coincides with Ash...
1,080 years of religious life
Thursday, February 8th 2018 4:20 pm
Today commences a new year of jubilation for our Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration celebrating 75, 70, 60 and 50 years of vowed religious life. These annual celebrations are known as jubilee....
Turn your back or open your arms to discernment?
Thursday, February 1st 2018 1:00 pm
A fleece blanket, crafted and wrapped with care for someone in need
Lori True composed and sings a wonderful song called “What Have We Done for the Poor Ones.” This past Saturday, FSPA sisters, Viterbo University students, staff and alumni took this...
Lori True composed and sings a wonderful song called “What Have We Done for the Poor Ones.” This past Saturday, FSPA sisters, Viterbo University students, staff and alumni took this...
It's where I pray
Thursday, January 25th 2018 10:00 am
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One of my favorite places to pray is in my recliner in my room at St. Rose Convent. It sits in front of a window from which I can see the Adoration Chapel behind a variety of trees. The chapel...
Pray as you pray
Thursday, January 18th 2018 10:00 am
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I first learned to pray at home and was taught that prayer is important. Then, prayer was often spoken aloud. After entering FSPA, I experienced many prayers said collectively; sometimes spoken...
A transformative moment
Thursday, November 16th 2017 10:00 am
Next week marks the beginning of travel for many as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. Millions of people will board planes and trains and drive cars to gather with loved ones. Traffic, in one way...
Sister Ronalda: I need to live and love
Thursday, November 30th 2017 10:00 am
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Some of my best moments in prayer come when I am walking. Once, I was on a road in the woods. A grouping of tall pines with branches only at the...
Sister Sue: nature is prayer
Thursday, November 9th 2017 10:00 am
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I pray outside when I can. Being in nature is prayer for me. Whatever brings me closer to God — feeling God’s presence and love — is prayer for me. I prefer to take time in the...
What inspires Sister Sue about religious life today?
Tuesday, March 13th 2018 10:00 am
In honor of National Catholic Sisters Week, Show me a sign posed the question "What inspires you about religious life today?" to women religious in our community. Here's what Sister Sue...
Sister Amy: grateful for the ways I'm inspired to pray
Tuesday, August 8th 2017 3:15 pm
Hands open, ready to receive what God places in them
It is in the spirit of gratitude that I have invited my sisters to collaborate with me in this new series featuring original...
Life as a nun today: FSPA can relate
Thursday, August 10th 2017 3:10 pm
Sharing your desire to be a sister with family and friends can be challenging, especially if they only envision their teacher — wearing a habit — standing at the head of the class before...
Sister Katie: ordinary day, invitation to pray
Tuesday, August 29th 2017 10:00 am
One of my most cherished ways of praying is eucharistic prayer, but lately I’ve been challenging myself to turn the seemingly ordinary routines of daily life into moments of deep prayer.
Imagination inspires vision in discernment
Thursday, September 7th 2017 3:05 pm
I appreciate and enjoy the opportunity to plan new experiences in my life. Preparation, for me, sparks imagination to envision what each new season as a religious sister — like the shift from...
Sister Sharon: Letters to God
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 10:00 am
My Lord and my God, I sit down to write this letter, very tired
and stiff. I may have over done it today. Thank you to Father
Sean who gave me the penance today to write a letter to You. ...
Sister Lucy Ann: expression of my time with Jesus
Tuesday, September 19th 2017 10:00 am
Prayer is the personal expression of my time with Jesus. I have found through the years that I move in and out of various expressions/activities that nurture my relationship with God. Scripture,...
Sister Georgia: A morning offering
Tuesday, September 5th 2017 10:00 am
O my God, I offer you this morning cup of coffee.
As the steam rises upward,
So let all my thoughts, words and actions...
Sister Antona: comfort, joy and security in prayer
Tuesday, October 24th 2017 10:00 am
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Prayer is very personal — it depends upon individual relationships with God. My prayer life changes as I get older. I don’t need so many prayer leaflets. Prayer has become a part of my...
This day of thanks and giving
Thursday, November 23rd 2017 10:00 am
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May this day be a time of contemplation as you gather with family and friends and recall the many gifts God has blessed you with throughout the year.
May this day be a time of contemplation as you gather with family and friends and recall the many gifts God has blessed you with throughout the year.
Sister Anita: the soul searching question
Tuesday, October 17th 2017 10:00 am
A lake as calm as glass;
A circle of pine trees enjoying a near-perfect reflection in the fragile lake mirror;
And I am privileged to contemplate both from my aqua cycle perspective on the lake....
Sister Rita Mae: painting as prayer
Tuesday, October 10th 2017 2:30 pm
"Crocuses" by Sister Rita Mae Fischer
At times, my prayer is in humming, groaning, rocking or walking. But the day I received word that my friend had died, my prayer was in painting crocuses. Just as for Christopher Pramuk, music for me...
Sister Karolyne: God's sacred creation in morning and evening prayer
Tuesday, October 3rd 2017 10:00 am
My greeting with the earth each morning is one of gratitude and love for the gift of a new day, and the prayer of Blessing and Goodness in the evening is with the earth’s presence.
Gazing and listening in the presence of God’s sacred creation — communion and Eucharist beauty, simple and natural and wonderful — create my deepest prayer.
Sister Jean: Praying
Tuesday, September 26th 2017 10:00 am
Sister Marla celebrates, contemplates religious life in jubilee
Thursday, April 5th 2018 10:00 am
Called to religious life and FSPA 50, 60 and even 70 years ago, our 2018 jubilarians are celebrating and contemplating. Show Me a Sign asked Sister Marla Lang — who embodies 60...
Praying for a blessed Holy Week
Thursday, March 29th 2018 10:00 am
May God guide our hearts as we begin the celebration of Holy Week.
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*Do you know someone experiencing discernment of religious life? We invite you to share this link, www.fspa.org/showmeasign, and join the conversation.
Let's begin with your story ... and a step
Monday, April 11th 2016 11:29 am
Everyone likes good stories. My favorites demand my attention and capture my heart. I like books, plays and movies that have intriguing beginnings carefully crafted first lines that draw...
Seeing discernent from new heights
Thursday, May 5th 2016 2:33 pm
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Flying on an airplane is a great way to see life from a new perspective. Things that normally look big around us suddenly appear tiny. The snarling annoyance of sitting in bumper-to-bumper...
Flying on an airplane is a great way to see life from a new perspective. Things that normally look big around us suddenly appear tiny. The snarling annoyance of sitting in bumper-to-bumper...
Love beyond measure
Thursday, February 16th 2017 10:00 am
This week I have witnessed traditional signs of love with Valentine’s Day as flowers were delivered to St. Rose Convent for employees; their spouses taking time from their busy lives to pause...
I have no magic words
Thursday, November 3rd 2016 3:16 pm
Traveling across the country, meeting a variety of people in and around the world of discernment, I encounter two questions—open ended, probably pervasive in all aspects of life—time and...
"Yes" to God's invitation
Thursday, June 22nd 2017 3:05 pm
Over the course of the last several weeks our congregation has celebrated the commitment of “yes” to God with the vow renewal of Sister Laurie Sullivan, profession of perpetual...
Grumbling through the desert of discernment
Thursday, March 16th 2017 11:20 am
Memories of science class came to mind as I prayed with Sunday’s first reading from Exodus. I remember using a balance scale and learning to weigh different objects; placing a rock on one side...
Mary and our "Yes" to mystery
Thursday, March 23rd 2017 10:00 am
This Saturday is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. As I prepare for the celebration I’ve contemplated the Gospel we'll receive that day and thought about all the announcements...
