by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 17, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales
Sun Chat: Spiritual Valentines We may feel that many religious holidays are corrupted today by materialism and secularism. Is this a new problem, or something the Church has always had to deal with? St. Francis de Sales’ ban on sending Valentines was not popular! Does...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 15, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
If you are a young woman in her 20’s or 30’s and have been pondering a vocation to the monastic, contemplative life, a Visitation community has been formed just for you! In June of 2013, the Second Federation of the Visitation in the United States began a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Reclaiming the Spiritual Aspect of Valentine’s Day Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership One mark of saints is that they refuse to conform to the ways of the world! As bishop, St. Francis de Sales made an unpopular decision of his own, because he believed it...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 12, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, YEAR OF FAITH
VISITATION MONASTERY IN PARIS This year was marked by the Jubilee of the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris . Some of us , passing the cathedral were able to admire the new bells and we all have heard them at the official opening on Palm Sunday through KTO-tv . The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2014 | Events, Visitation News
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, who appeared to St. Bernadette on February 11, 1858, for the first time. Our Blessed Mother’s message can be summed up as a heavenly confirmation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception that had just been defined by...