Franciscan Life
Franciscan life is a love story — with God, with the poor, with the earth, with the stranger. Rooted in the spirit of Francis and Clare of Assisi, these posts explore what it means to embrace simplicity, kinship, and courageous countercultural choices in a world that constantly pushes the other direction. From returning land to Indigenous communities to the spirituality of dumpster diving to what the feast of St. Francis has to teach us today, this is a space for anyone drawn to the Franciscan way — whether you’ve taken vows or are just beginning to feel its pull.

Michele Dunne, OFS: kinship and conversion
Episode 96 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with…
There are no words
“There are no words,” she tells me. As she sits on the couch across from my chair, she nevertheless fishes for the box of tissues…
Matthew Sitman: Ideology and Mercy
Episode 95 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with…
Courageous countercultural choices inspired by St. Francis
This weekend, throughout the world, Franciscans will gather to celebrate the feast of our founder, St. Francis of Assisi. On Friday evening we’ll pray in…
Join Sr. Kristin’s walking pilgrimage reverencing water
Sr. Kristin Peters, FSPA, will be walking around Lake Mendota October 1-5 in solidarity with local environmental and Native groups to contest a northern Wisconsin…
Cole Arthur Riley: embodiment and memory
Episode 94 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with…
KPop Demon Hunters is the escape – and the hope – that I needed
You’re all I can think of, every drop I drink upYou’re my soda pop, my little soda pop While the city around me is subject…
A long hope for a just peace in Israel and Palestine
My heart is torn in two by the situation in Palestine and Israel. Every day the situation sounds more dire and I feel more helpless…
