by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
A quiet cheerfulness should be your aim in society Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about our place in society. Providentially, we continue our series with Part III, Chapter 23: “Society and Solitude” from...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
PM Sister Susan Marie: When we hear the term “bodily mortification,” we often think of someone afflicting his or her body exteriorly. However, the term primarily refers to the mortification of self-control (fasting, abstinence, etc.). Why do you think bodily...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 4, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Do you want to reach out to others this Lent with your faith? This book may help! Author Patrick Madrid uses the example of St. Francis de Sales to illustrate the zeal, spiritual principles, and attitude of one who sets out to live and share the faith. Christ sent his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality
The February 2017 edition of the newsletter of the International Commission of Salesian Studies is now online and its cover article highlights The Treatise on the Love of God workshop. Articles also include one on St. Peter Faber and one on the Visitation Museum. You...