by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2024 | Events, 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2024 | Events
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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2024 | Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2024 | LENT, 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...