by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 26, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
We’ll be talking about the ‘aim in entering religious life’ during our chat session on Sunday. Here are some questions that will guild our reflection: What does it mean that religious are bound to more than simply the observance of the commandments?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2015 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
http://www.ouest-france.fr/religion-vers-la-beatification-dune-soeur-de-sainte-therese-3136849 In English: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/01/28/cause-of-st-therese-of-lisieuxs-sister-is-opened/ Towards the beatification of St. Teresa’s sister...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales
“A patient person is better than a warrior, and those who master their tempers are stronger than one who would capture a city.”So close, yet so far. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that that’s how Francis de Sales might have characterized his feelings regarding...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Saturday January 24 is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor of the Church and Founder of the Visitation order, along with St. Jane de Chantal. What was the special spirit of this Saint and what can we learn from him today? Cardinal Wiseman wrote of him:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
As we continue our Series on St Francis de Sales’ perspectives on religious life, we hope his thoughts on the postulancy help new members in any congregation: “You tell me, my Mother, that our sisters the Postulants are full of good-will, but that they are...