Franciscan Spirituality Center Newsletter - Fall 2025 - Volume 33 - Number 3

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Franciscan Spirituality Center Newsletter for Fall 2025, Volume 33, Number 3, dedicated to people seeking God, meaning, and wholeness. Highlights include spiritual practices for courageous action, sacred words as a spiritual practice, creative pathways for healing grief, exploring the spirit of St. Francis, expressive mask making, and expanding hospitality. The issue also shares the Center’s mission, core values, services, guest accommodations, giving options, and community acknowledgements, including care for Indigenous land history.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages24

Reading Time1 h 0 min

AccessFree to download

In this issue

Hold Steady: Spiritual Practices For Courageous Action

The Art of Sacred Words: Writing as a Spiritual Practice

Healing Grief Through Creativity

Exploring the Spirit of St. Francis

Expressive Mask Making

Expanding Our Hospitality

Mission and core values

Mission

Core Values

What We Do

Giving and contact information

From the Director

N E W S L E T T E R F R O M T H E F R A N C I S C A N S P I R I T U A L I T Y C E N T E R VOLUME 33 • NUMBER 3 Fr a nci s c an Spirituality Center Dedicated to anyone seeking God, meaning and wholeness. FALL 2025 Atthe Center IN THIS ISSUE: • Hold Steady: Spiritual Practices For Courageous Action • TheArt of Sacred Words: Writing as a Spiritual Practice • Healing Grief Through Creativity • Exploring the Spirit of St. Francis • Expressive Mask Making • Expanding Our Hospitality 920 Market Street • La Crosse, WI 54601 • 608-791-5295 • [www. FSCenter. org](www. FSCenter. org) We welcome all who seek spiritual renewal, personal and professional growth, healing, community and connection. The Franciscan Spirituality Center is located in the heart of scenic La Crosse, Wisconsin, sharing space with St. Rose Convent and next to Mayo Clinic Health System and Viterbo University. Guests may choose to stay in one of our 32 private bedrooms or three woodland hermitages. Other amenities include eight meeting rooms, a bookstore, a small library and accessible parking. The FSC is within walking distance of the Mississippi River, hiking trails and a vibrant downtown. | | | | | | | FERRY ST | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | MARKET ST | FRANCISCAN
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MISSISSIPPI ST | | | | | | | | | | | | JACKSON ST | | | | | JACKSON ST | | | | | | | | | | | Your generous financial support helps sustain our mission. Here are ways to give: • Drop offor mail a check to: Franciscan Spirituality Center, 920 Market St., La Crosse, WI 54601 • Make a secure, online donation at [www.FSCenter.org/donate](www.FSCenter.org/donate) • Text FSC to 608-292-2999 to make a gift through your mobile phone. • Become a Spirited Friends monthly donor; call 608-791-5295 to learn more. The Franciscan Spirituality Center respectfully acknowledges that our building occupies the unceded ancestral and traditional land of the Ho-Chunk people. As our staff works to better understand the impact of colonialism on Indigenous people, we seek opportunities for relationship-building, growth and healing. At the Center newsletter is published four times a year on earth-friendly paper with a higher recycled content. Franciscan Spirituality Center | 920 Market St., La Crosse, WI 54601 608-791-5295 [www.FSCenter.org | FSCenter@fspa.org](www.FSCenter.org | FSCenter@fspa.org)
Identity | | --- | | The Franciscan Spirituality Center is a sacred place that welcomes everyone. We are rooted in the Gospels and sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
Mission | | The Franciscan Spirituality Center is dedicated to supporting anyone in their search for God, meaning and wholeness.
We live this mission because we believe: In each of us lives the Sacred.
We need each other to recognize and honor that part of ourselves.
Responding to spiritual hunger is necessary for growth, healing and peace.
As we grow in wholeness, we contribute to the healing of all creation.
Core Values | | In keeping with the tradition of our Franciscan founders, we hold these core values:
Sacredness: Believe that in every person and all creation lives the Sacred.
Respect: Acknowledge the dignity, diversity and worth of each person as a unique image of God. Community: Through prayer, empathy and sharing, create a safe, peaceful place.
Hospitality: Welcome all with compassion, acceptance and celebration.
Professionalism: Commit to competence,
quality, trust and personal spiritual development.
What We Do | The Franciscan Spirituality Center guides and directs processes for prayer and offers personal presence to anyone on their sacred journey as co-creators ofa just and peaceful w

FAQs

What topics are featured in this Fall 2025 issue?

The issue includes spiritual practices for courageous action, sacred words through writing, healing grief through creativity, exploring the spirit of St. Francis, expressive mask making, and expanding hospitality.

What is the Franciscan Spirituality Center’s mission?

It supports people in their search for God, meaning, and wholeness, grounded in the belief that the Sacred lives in each person and that responding to spiritual hunger supports growth, healing, and peace.

How can people financially support the Center?

Donations can be made by dropping off or mailing a check, making a secure online donation, texting FSC to the listed number, or becoming a monthly donor by calling the Center.

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