by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of St. Louis. Our Founder, St Francis de Sales, said of him, S. Louis, a monarch unrivalled in time of peace or war, who was most diligent in the administration of justice and in ruling his country, nevertheless was wont to hear two masses daily, to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Sister Susan Marie: St Francis is a good model for our increasingly violent world Aug 24 2014, 7:19 PM Sister Susan Marie: Several years ago the Visitation Srs has a motto- a gentle presence in a violent world Sister Susan Marie: But St Francis gentleness was not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 23, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Salesian week: The joy of the Gospel August 24, 2014 A week to pray and reflect with St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, to be held at the Church of the Visitation of Annecy, France. Every day, a Mass is offered at 6:30PM with a homily on a specific theme...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
This month we begin a series on Visitation Nuns who were not only mystics, but stigmatics. One of the earliest for whom we have a short biography is the Sister we feature this month, Sister Marie-Clemence Mourade who entered her heavenly reward just 5 years after our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 20, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of St. Bernard. St Francis de Sales often looked toward him as a model. He had many references to him in his Introduction to the Devout Life, and one whole chapter was devoted to him in regards to an example of prayer. Here it is:Part 4 chapter 23...