by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2025 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Outreach
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday Saint Francis de Sales has said that we are called to the highest perfection and at the same time he wishes us to be so little and so simple that we must look for a special means to reach this end.This precious means forms the third...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2025 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Outreach
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA This Lent we will meditate on the Third Article of the Spiritual Directory with the guiding words of Mother Jeanne de Chantal Jouzel of the former Monastery of the Visitation of Gennes-Sur-Seiche, France. The Third Article reads: The Sisters who...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 2, 2025 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Feb 27, 6:23 AM SrSusan (Guest): What does it mean that God gives us to someone? Isn’t this only something married people should say?Why do you think Saint Francis was so struck by his encounter with Saint Jane, such that he believed God gave her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2025 | Visitation History
March 5, 1604: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal, it is 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2025 | Sacred Heart
Dilexit nos: an invitation to reform Christianities that distance us from Jesus Christ Jaime Baquero jbaquero@usfq.edu.ec https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7765-0621 Universidad San Francisco de Quito Abstract: Pope Francis has published an Encyclical letter entitled:...