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International Assembly for Guard of Honor
Dear friends, Leaders and Directors of the Guard of Honor, We are pleased to announce that we are planning a large international gathering open to all Honor Guards from May 12 to 15, 2025. This gathering will take place in Bourg en Bresse, birthplace of the Guard of...
Triduum of the Visitation June 2024
Every year for the Feast of the Visitation, a special time to better enter into the heritage of Saint Francis de Sales. The theme of this 2024 edition is entitled "Heart of Jesus, treasure of joy", an expression of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitandine woman at...
Visitation Memories of March
March 5, 1604: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal, the starting point of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say: "The Visitation is the fruit...
Sun chat Feb 25
Why was it important that Jesus experienced temptation?Is Jesus’ experience of temptation an unfair comparison to our experience of temptation since we are subject to a fallen nature and concupiscence?How can we be better prepared for times of temptation, especially...
Second Week of Lent with St. Francis de Sales
Sunday Feb 25 […] with the strength of God, take your share of the suffering linked to the proclamation of the Gospel.” (2 Tim 1:8) Blessed therefore are the souls who drink the chalice with Our Lord, who mortify themselves, carry the cross and suffer lovingly for his...
Guard of Honor Reflection for March
The generous soul It sometimes happens that Jesus chooses us to be his victim associated with his suffering. Isn’t that a sign of great confidence on his part? In this way, he invites us to prove our generosity towards him. What is love who has not been tested? The...
Newsletter for chat Sunday Feb 25
We Have Been Given All We Need to Overcome Temptation This article is taken from a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: For Lent by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is...
More Lenten advice from St Margaret Mary
From a letter of 1689 Every day of this holy season of Lent you pay Him three visits, either before His image or in front of Him, before the Most august Sacrament. The first, to ask Him that this Divine Heart may be one through which the Eternal Father continually...
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