Sister Julia Walsh
@juliafspa.bsky.social
Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration / Vocation Minister /
Messy Jesus Business blog & podcast host / author of FOR LOVE OF THE BROKEN BODY / curious human.
Newsletter:
https://jwalshfspamessyupdates.substack.com
Messy Jesus Business blog & podcast host / author of FOR LOVE OF THE BROKEN BODY / curious human.
Newsletter:
https://jwalshfspamessyupdates.substack.com
It is an incredible privlege to write things that people pray with including today's reflection in Give Us This Day. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social.
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It is an incredible privlege to write things that people pray with including today's reflection in Give Us This Day. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social.
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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.
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.
iceoutforgood.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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.
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...
"Now that facism is sweeping this nation, taking up the cross is not an abstraction..."
messyjesusbusiness.com/2026/01/29/t...
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.
messyjesusbusiness.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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...
"Now that facism is sweeping this nation, taking up the cross is not an abstraction..."
messyjesusbusiness.com/2026/01/29/t...
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
Editors of America Magazine, a Jesuit magazine, come out against more funding for ICE “without reform.” www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2...
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.
www.americamagazine.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Editors of America Magazine, a Jesuit magazine, come out against more funding for ICE “without reform.” www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2...
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record
YouTube video by No Kings
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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...
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
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.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
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!
Today, I'll be calling congress!
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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!
Today, I'll be calling congress!
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-...
Today, I'll be calling congress! 5calls.org/issue/trump-...
January 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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-...
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.
We could have elected leaders who work hard to avoid war and promote peace.
Let's do it next time.
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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.
We could have elected leaders who work hard to avoid war and promote peace.
Let's do it next time.
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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.
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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.
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!
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
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!
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
Reflection season
The power of the pause
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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!
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
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!
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
#Booksky , I'm honored my book For Love of the Broken Body made this list! :)
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
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...
www.dahosek.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
#Booksky , I'm honored my book For Love of the Broken Body made this list! :)
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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
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...
www.dahosek.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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
My niece (age 9) calls today "Christmas Adam" because tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Ha!
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...
#booksky #nunauthor
A nun's memoir of brokenness and recovery | Christian Courier
For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual MemoirBy Julia Walsh Monkfish Publishing, 2024 Sister Julia Walsh’s memoir opens with her feeling intense pain and tasting blood. She describes falling from a ...
www.christiancourier.ca
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Discovered a lovely (new-to-me) review of my book, For Love of the Broken Body...
www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...
#booksky #nunauthor
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...
www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...
A nun's memoir of brokenness and recovery | Christian Courier
For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual MemoirBy Julia Walsh Monkfish Publishing, 2024 Sister Julia Walsh’s memoir opens with her feeling intense pain and tasting blood. She describes falling from a ...
www.christiancourier.ca
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Discovered a lovely (new-to-me) review of my book, For Love of the Broken Body...
www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...
www.christiancourier.ca/a-nuns-memoi...
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...
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...
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...
messyjesusbusiness.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here's the introduction to my latest book! #prayerbook #dailyreflection #spiritual
TikTok video by Sister Julia Walsh FSPA
www.tiktok.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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...
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...
I wrote a bit about the Marywood Landback effort by my Franciscan community....
Fixing a tiny crack in a mountain range of pain
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
Fixing a tiny crack in a mountain range of pain
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
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)
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I wrote a bit about the Marywood Landback effort by my Franciscan community....
Fixing a tiny crack in a mountain range of pain
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
Fixing a tiny crack in a mountain range of pain
open.substack.com/pub/jwalshfs...
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
Read the initial statement by FSPA at www.fspa.org/news/a-histo...
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Read the initial statement by FSPA at www.fspa.org/news/a-histo...
Reposted by Sister Julia Walsh
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.
pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wh...
pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wh...
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 ...
pbswisconsin.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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.
pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wh...
pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wh...
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!!! 🙂
store.loyolapress.com/2026-a-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!!! 🙂
store.loyolapress.com/2026-a-book-...
2026: A Book of Grace-Filled Days
store.loyolapress.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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!!! 🙂
store.loyolapress.com/2026-a-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!!! 🙂
store.loyolapress.com/2026-a-book-...