RLC Network Julia Walsh

Julia Walsh

Julia Walsh is a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration and part of a new generation of Catholic Sisters. She’s often writing about messiness of following Jesus and being Catholic and doesn’t hesitate to ask important questions. This joyful, wild Jesus-lover can be found visiting jails, leading retreats, companioning spiritual seekers, advocating for peace, teaching about social justice, praying in the chapel or camping in the woods. Her writing can be found in National Catholic Reporter, America and at MessyJesusBusiness.com. She is @JuliaFSPA on Twitter.

Hope in Hard Times: An Element of Our Prophetic Vocation

Julia Walsh

December 4, 2020

Church Life, General, Theology

I continue to be challenged by the ongoing need for reconstruction, for the building of a society not based on the evils of systemic racism and environmental degradation; it’s big, overdue work. I feel helpless and lost, I am not sure how to help. It’s a lot, and I am discouraged and overwhelmed. Yet, I am singing.