With our whole being, in Relationship, Gospel Living and Unity in Diversity, may we give witness to the goodness that is all around us.

The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are celebrating our 2025 jubilarians who together have been spreading love, joy and peace to the world for 645 years. Sisters honored include Luanne Durst, 75-year celebrant; Juanita Hytry, Blanche Klein, Rochelle Potaracke and Joanna Seubert, 70-year celebrants; Fran Ferder, Nancy Hoffman, Paulynn Instenes and Carrie Kirsch, 60-year celebrants; and Carol Hanus, 50-year celebrant. Click on the image of Sister Juanita, above, to watch a video featuring our jubilarians' personal expressions of jubilee joy, and visit fspa.org to find out what gives them gratitude as they celebrate such joyful milestones as Catholic Sisters.

Image courtesy of Franciscan Action Network

Global Sisters Report has shared news of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration's "$2 million commitment to the Franciscan Action Network, a transformative gift that 'significantly expands FAN's capacity to build an intergenerational movement to respond to the moral imperatives of our time and strengthen the Franciscans' long-standing witness to gospel nonviolence.'" Read the article (scroll down the page six paragraphs) at globalsistersreport.org.

Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Kristin Peters is sharing her gratitude to our donors for support of our work — including the social justice initiatives in Truth and Healing — in this video. "We are so grateful." Click the image above to watch.

As we celebrate 800 years of St. Francis' Canticle of the Creatures, we invite you to reflection with Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Sarah Hennessey's Adoration Talk: short presentations (not much longer than five minutes) imbued in FSPA's sacred tradition of perpetual adoration. To experience "Canticle of the Creatures" and "Canticle of the Creatures Explained," visit fspa.org.

"Be true to yourself, and love who you are," says Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Mildred Tigges in our newest Wells of Wisdom feature. She is sharing her own truth and adoration founded in her childhood on a farm in Iowa, service as a principal in Wisconsin and Utah and survival of a typhoon while teaching in Guam (among many other experiences in her ministerial life). "Be willing to take no, now and then," she says, "and accept the hard things and work through them." Experience Sister Mildred's story at fspa.org, where you will also discover wisdom from the wells of other FSPA.

As we continue to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope, we're sharing the vision of Chileda Shine Community Services, an FSPA ministry grant partner providing behavior assessment and support plans to children. "... hope manifests as our call to action. It's about recognizing [every child's] unique abilities and dreams, and understanding that, despite the obstacles they face, a brighter and more inclusive future is within reach." Get more reflections of hope at fspa.org.

RaeAnn Thomas, FSPA affiliate, is sponsoring a ministry grant aiding For One Child of India, an organization in Tamil Nadu that has provided 172 children with educational opportunities since 2014. Learn more at for1child.org.

Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Rosemary Desmond raised her flags on June 14, taking part in a No Kings rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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