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Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here. At Springs of Love, we are dedicated to encouraging, educating, and equipping Catholics to prayerfully discern and live out the call to foster and adopt. Whether you’re considering opening your home or looking for ways to support foster and adoptive families, there’s a place for you in this mission. Join us in saying “yes” to caring for vulnerable children!

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Our Mission

Springs of Love helps Catholics discern and live out the call to foster and adopt, and equips parishes to walk alongside families who do.

FIND COMMUNITY

• Foster, adoptive, kinship, and discerning families: Connect with other families and find parish support
• Learn about Building Belonging, a small group series for foster, adoptive, kinship, and discerning families

SUPPORT FOSTER FAMILIES

• Bring a meal, pray, serve on a care team, or offer practical help
• Join a Springs of Love Chapter

DISCERN

• Learn about fostering and adoption and explore next steps
• Register for our free, virtual discernment retreat
• Find more resources for discernment

Launch Your Chapter

Support foster families or start a Chapter

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Learn about more ways you can help

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Discernment

Video Series

Register for our “Be Not Afraid” discernment video series and receive a code for free access to videos, prayer guides, and more.

Discernment Quiz

If you have been wondering if you are called to foster or adopt, try answering the questions in our quiz!

Discernment Novena

Praying a novena for discernment as a couple can be the first step towards inviting the Lord to open our hearts to hear His will for our families.

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Springs of Love Chapters

Sadly, about 50% of foster families stop fostering after one year. However, the retention rate increases to 90% when those families are supported by a care team in their community.

Understand Foster Care

Foster care can include a variety of arrangements in which children receive full-time care outside of their own homes. Learn more about how the foster care system works.