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 Soul’s of the Just are in the Hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.”

All Saints' Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls' Day (Nov. 2) are two of the many opportunities we have to honor God and pray for the faithful departed. We invite you to commemorate these souls — our loved ones, dearly departed — by submitting their names to FSPA. We will pray for them during mass at Mary of the Angels Chapel and the Adoration Chapel at St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin, throughout the month of November.

"So if I should die before I wake," shares Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Rita Heires in the current issue of the Diocese of La Crosse magazine, Catholic Life, "I trust in an eternity of peace and happiness, realizing I, too, have a reservation for the eternal communion of saints." Read her story — her "century of wisdom" — at catholicmagazines.org.

Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment recently held its 2024 SGI Conference themed “The Climate is in Crisis: What Can Inverstors Do?” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. FSPA Director of Finance Tyler Zibrowski participated as a panelist in the conversation centered around the climate crisis, the burden on people and communities and how investors can play a role in addressing the impacts. (See Tyler join the discussion at minute 59.) Watch the video above and visit seventhgenerationinterfaith.org to learn what you can do to invest responsibly.

In celebration of Black Catholic History Month in November, we're sharing The Catholic University of America's Center for Cultural Engagement offering of resources, history and Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Thea Bowman's cause for canonization. Watch the video, "Black Faith Matters," above, and visit culturalcatholic.edu to learn more.

Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Marlene Weisenbeck is our new featured artist, celebrated as part of FSPA's 175th anniversary of prayer, witness and service in our visual art experience. Visit fspa.org to read about her ministry of art, watch her video interview, view her gallery and experience the works of other FSPA artists as well.

Book club member, scrabble player and trivia aficionado, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Maria Friedman, shares that these "relational opportunities" have "always been energizing for me." Read more about Sister Maria in FSPA's new series, Wells of Wisdom, crafted by Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Karen Lueck, at fspa.org.

In this 2004 throwback photo, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Margaret Heil offers a reading during the St. Joseph Day Mass in Mary of the Angels Chapel.

Early this fall, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Mary Boniface Kriener joined the fun of harvesting honey with honeycomb from FSPA farmland on St. Joseph Ridge, at St. Rose Convent.

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