Sister Julia Walsh

A smiling Franciscan sister wearing a brown blouse and flowered hat, standing behind a table with information about Catholic religious life on the top of the table

Here's an exciting job opportunity!

Whoever is hired will get to do fun things like this (see the photo of me hosting a vocation info booth).

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Sent by ash - Messy Jesus Business Sr. Julia Walsh, FSPA shares a poem in this blog post for Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent universally.

Here's the #AshWednesday poem I wrote today!
messyjesusbusiness.com/2026/02/18/s...

It is an incredible privlege to write things that people pray with including today's reflection in Give Us This Day. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social.

ICE Out for Good On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.

Minnesota organizers want us to help turn up the heat on the state's biggest regime-friendly corporations. Contact Target, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines to demand they take action to get ICE out of our communities FOR GOOD.

The power of love in the face of evil - Messy Jesus Business Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA, points out the need to love without measure, including unto death, to stand against fascism.

This week at Messy Jesus Business, I wrote about the cost of discipleship.

"Now that facism is sweeping this nation, taking up the cross is not an abstraction..."

messyjesusbusiness.com/2026/01/29/t...

No more funding for ICE without reform. Congress must act. Catholic leaders, including bishops and ideally the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as a body, should join Cardinal Tobin in calling for withholding funding until reforms are enacted.

Editors of America Magazine, a Jesuit magazine, come out against more funding for ICE “without reform.” www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2...

Eyes on ICE: Document and Record YouTube video by No Kings

Hearing folks are bummed they missed the Eyes on ICE training - but good news, it's all recorded and public! We'll be holding more live trainings soon, but if you aren't one of 200,000 who already watched it, find it here: www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...

Border Patrol 'untrained and unskilled' for policing in urban areas, ex-CBP head says The crackdown in Minnesota and the deadly shootings of two U.S. citizens are raising questions about the tactics used by federal immigration agents. Amna Nawaz discussed that with former U.S. Customs ...

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DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’ Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.

New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.

Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.

And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."

3 Catholic Sisters smiling and holding a cardboard sign that reads "Franciscans for Peace."

Yesterday I marched with other FSPAs and then our community hosted a beautiful peace prayer service that was well-attended. What a joy to promote peace!

Today, I'll be calling congress!

3 Catholic Sisters smiling and holding a cardboard sign that reads "Franciscans for Peace."

Yesterday I marched with other FSPAs and then our community hosted a beautiful peace prayer service that was well-attended. What a joy to promote peace!

Today, I'll be calling congress! 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

Imagine a world where government budget cuts impacted the military, making war less likely.

We could have elected leaders who work hard to avoid war and promote peace.
Let's do it next time.

The United States Congress has the Constitutional power and the patriotic duty to stop this insanity immediately, for the good of all Conservative and Liberal Americans’ future.

Reflection season The power of the pause

Yeah, I do the substack thing too... I will never have paid content though.
I just decided to keep in touch with folks this way and only write newletter's every now and then.
Anyway, here's my latest newsletter!

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#Booksky , I'm honored my book For Love of the Broken Body made this list! :)

My favorite reads of 2025 In no particular order, my favorite reads of the year: Sleep Decades by Israel A. Bonilla The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton Made to Explode: Poems by Sand...

My favorite reads of 2025 with books by (among others) @israelbonilla.bsky.social @sandrabeasley.bsky.social @juliafspa.bsky.social @nnedi.bsky.social @morgantalty.bsky.social @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social

WOW, I am amazed my book made your list of favorites when you read SO MUCH. Thank you!!!! :)

My niece (age 9) calls today "Christmas Adam" because tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Ha!

Discovered a lovely (new-to-me) review of my book, For Love of the Broken Body...

www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...

#booksky #nunauthor

Discovered a lovely (new-to-me) review of my book, For Love of the Broken Body...

www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...

P.s. Isn't the image of Colin the podcast producer with the Church sign pretty great! ?
"God will magnifently mess you up!"

Episode 100: A last look back, and a grand finale - Messy Jesus Business Episode 100 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this, our final episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with several previous guests and show p...

Do you ever step back and take things in and feel a little awe?
That's how I feel about knowing that I interviewed nearly 100 people for Messy Jesus Business podcast!
I hope you listen to this final podcast epidsode!

messyjesusbusiness.com/2025/12/18/e...

Here's the introduction to my latest book! #prayerbook #dailyreflection #spiritual TikTok video by Sister Julia Walsh FSPA

HAPPY NEW (liturgical) YEAR!!

Here I am reading from the intro of my new book
2026: A BOOK OF GRACE-FILLED DAYS from @loyolapress.bsky.social :)

www.tiktok.com/@juliafspa/v...

Fixing a tiny crack in a mountain range of pain No steps to heal genocide are enough, but we still do what's right (Some thoughts on the Marywood Land Back)

I wrote a bit about the Marywood Landback effort by my Franciscan community....

Fixing a tiny crack in a mountain range of pain
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During a faith-led protest outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, on November 14, Rev. Michael Woolf was violently arrested by police. Video footage showed officers pulling Woolf from a crowd of chanting demonstrators, slamming him to the ground... https://loom.ly/M7uvJsY #protest

Catholic Group Sues Trump Administration for Access to Immigration Facility

May this effort bear good fruit!

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Read the initial statement by FSPA at www.fspa.org/news/a-histo...

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau This report is in collaboration with our partners at ICT, formerly Indian Country Today. Signed, sealed and delivered — the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are the first known Catholic ...

PBS Wisconsin shared a story regarding the land transfer between the FSPA and the Native Tribe, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

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2026: A Book of Grace-Filled Days

Now is time to order my second book!

2 reasons:
1.) It's on sale over at Loyola Press! (Only $6!)
2.) The first daily entry is written for November 29th: the 1st Sunday of Advent!!! 🙂

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