The Messiness of Franciscan Sisterhood
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The Messiness of Franciscan Sisterhood

A Special Episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE We’re in between seasons on a break but are offering a special episode featuring five Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who are in the same community as Sister Julia. Featured are Sisters Karen Kappell,…

Sister Eileen McKenzie: The Complexity of the Call to the Way of Christ
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Sister Eileen McKenzie: The Complexity of the Call to the Way of Christ

Episode 52 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Christ is The Way and whatever is in the way is The Way.” – Sister Eileen McKenzie IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with another Franciscan Sister of Perpetual…

Discipleship and Decay: Why I Resist Greatness
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Discipleship and Decay: Why I Resist Greatness

In this part of the world (here in the Upper Midwest, in the United States of America), it’s the season of decay. Decay is colorful, creative, expansive. Alive. When one walks through the woods in the crisp autumn air, one may notice a full rainbow of fungus speckling the path, the rotting logs and devouring…

Letter to Lady Clare from an imperfect Franciscan Sister
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Letter to Lady Clare from an imperfect Franciscan Sister

August 11, 2022 Dear Lady Clare, As an imperfect Franciscan Sister, I extend my gratitude for the inspiration and care you provide to me and my Franciscan family on this, your feast day — 769 years since you died in that humble abode at San Damiano, outside the walls of beautiful Assisi, Italy. I am…

Sister Roselyn Heil: Spiritual Physics and Barefoot Belief
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Sister Roselyn Heil: Spiritual Physics and Barefoot Belief

Season 5, Episode 9 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “Going barefoot connects me to the Earth, which connects me to the whole.” – Sister Roselyn Heil LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with “Nature Nun” Sister Roselyn Heil about…

We are endangered species, but Franciscan values could save us
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We are endangered species, but Franciscan values could save us

At my new home in Chicago, I can visit the shore of Lake Michigan, and I like to go there to pray. From my spot on a concrete slab, all that is visible to me that is “natural” is water and sky. Everything else — the concrete, the fence, the shoreline — has been constructed…