by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 4, 2017 | Events, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 and this year 2017 will be the 450th anniversary of his birth. Dioceses, parishes and schools around the world are celebrating this anniversary in special ways. Today we feature the Diocese of Lipa, Phillippines with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 3, 2017 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Uncategorized
Dear friends, Guards of Honor and dear faithful readers, Holy Year to each and all your families! As with every new year, we extend our best wishes to our loved ones and to all those we meet … But dare we say to them: “This year put all your trust in God,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What do you think is the difference between poverty as lived by consecrated religious and the poverty of the impoverished? What do you think is similar? For the non-consecrated, how is a Christian to find the balance between legitimately having riches and still live...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 1, 2017 | Visitation News
January 1587: After praying the Memorare in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, St. Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep dark mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where the question of predestination was debated among...