{"id":924,"date":"2013-10-28T18:28:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T23:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?page_id=924"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:12:19","slug":"about-sister-julia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/about-sister-julia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Julia"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id924_1ce652-1a alignfull wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-row kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column924_44bf92-c4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:220px;padding-bottom:160px;}.kadence-column924_44bf92-c4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column924_44bf92-c4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column924_44bf92-c4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:0px;}.kadence-column924_44bf92-c4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column924_44bf92-c4 > .kt-inside-inner-col > 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column924_c2cf42-3b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column924_c2cf42-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column924_c2cf42-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column924_c2cf42-3b kb-section-dir-vertical\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_496325-ac\"]{max-width:620px;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-sm, 0.9rem);font-style:normal;text-transform:uppercase;color:#fefefe;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_496325-ac\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_496325-ac\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading924_496325-ac wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_496325-ac\">About Sister Julia<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_ec6414-72, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_ec6414-72[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_ec6414-72\"]{max-width:620px;margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-xxl, 4rem);line-height:1;font-style:normal;color:#fefefe;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_ec6414-72 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I\u2019m Sister Julia! Thanks for stopping by!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:var(--global-palette9, #ffffff);}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d{text-align:left;}.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column924_5b4b77-3d > 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img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading924_5a80de-2c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_5a80de-2c\">I started Messy Jesus Business in 2010 as a religion teacher at a Catholic high school. I needed to reflect on having a constantly messy desk while teaching the Gospel to teenagers. My vocation deepened and my ministries shifted, and this website grew to become a resource center and a community full of passionate voices. We explore the mystery of faith and the real struggle of taking Jesus and his teachings seriously.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);line-height:1.3;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Caveat;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_36d7e9-ca\"] 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.kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id924_ba91c8-7b alignfull has-theme-palette9-background-color kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:31px;border-top-right-radius:31px;border-bottom-right-radius:31px;border-bottom-left-radius:31px;}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column924_840d2b-db{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column924_840d2b-db > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column924_840d2b-db\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-9-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_f37fde-d1\">Julia Walsh:<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-9-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading924_d0d384-c6\"><strong>Julia Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fspa.org\/\">Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration<\/a>\u00a0based in Wisconsin. A storyteller, poet, and community-builder, her ministry experience includes teaching, retreat facilitation, preaching, spiritual accompaniment, justice advocacy, and caring for people who are unhoused and incarcerated. Sister Julia is the author of two books \u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/for-love-of-the-broken-body-a-spiritual-memoir-julia-walsh\/b6f98e406414ceb9?ean=9781958972274&amp;next=t&amp;\">For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual Memoi<\/a>r\u00a0<\/em>(Monkfish, 2024) and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/2026-a-book-of-grace-filled-days-julia-walsh\/532884dab828f881?ean=9780829458053&amp;next=t&amp;next=t\">2026: A Book of Grace-Filled Days<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Loyola Press, 2025).\u00a0The author of numerous articles, her work has been featured on the\u00a0<em>BBC<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Relevant Radio<\/em>,\u00a0<em>U.S. Catholic, America, and National Catholic Reporter.\u00a0<\/em>In 2017 she received a Master\u2019s in Pastoral Studies from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctu.edu\/\">Catholic Theological Union, Chicago<\/a>. Today she serves her Franciscan community as a vocation director and speaks to a variety of groups about topics such as creativity, contemplation, and Gospel living.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:0px;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae{text-align:left;}.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column924_31a7dc-ae kb-section-dir-vertical inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-image.kb-image924_d5d374-90{position:relative;z-index:-200;}.kb-image924_d5d374-90 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image924_d5d374-90 kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-port34\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sister-Julia-Walsh.webp\" alt=\"Sister-Julia-Walsh\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-25767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sister-Julia-Walsh.webp 1000w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sister-Julia-Walsh-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sister-Julia-Walsh-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sister-Julia-Walsh-113x150.webp 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fspa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/srjuliawalsh.wordpress.com\">Sister Julia\u2019s author website<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/writing-portfolio\/\">Sister Julia&#8217;s Writing Portfolio<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@juliafspa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sister Julia on Substack<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id924_dee9bf-81 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id924_dee9bf-81 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id924_dee9bf-81 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 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