by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 15, 2025 | St. Francis de Sales
The Holy Jubilee Year of 2025 is themed Pilgrims of Hope. As we prepare for the Feast of St Francis de Sales on January 24th, this novena will be taken from St Francis de Sales Conference on Hope. January 15 “AMONG the praises which the saints give to Abraham,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 12, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How do we balance between desiring something but not inordinately?Religious life is a “higher” calling than marriage simply because it reflects how we will be in heaven. Then why would it be wrong for a married person to hope for and long for religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 12, 2025 | St. Francis de Sales
« There was a voice from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; in you I find my joy. Luke3:15-22 Sermons of 25 March 1622 and 17 Oct. 1620 (X 368 and VII 258) God the Father spoke to bear witness to this when Our Lord received baptism in the Jordan, for then...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2025 | Visitation History, Visitation News
Meeting with…Sister Marie-Chantal MOTHER SUPERIOR AT THE VISITATION MONASTERY IN VOIRON What is the Visitation Order? Sister Marie-Chantal: It is a religious order created in 1610 François de Sales and Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal who, at a period when there was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2025 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
The 20th Annual Live Jesus! Virginia is on March 29, 2025 at St. John Neumann Parish in Reston, VA. This year’s Live Jesus! theme is “Bend Don’t Break: The Art of Salesian Spirituality.” St. Francis’ words remind us that we need encouragement and hope to help us find...