by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 16, 2014 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
The Passion of Our Lord and What it Means Click here: The Passion of Our Lord and What It Means
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 14, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach
Referencing St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Francis de Sales shares that we appreciate beauty by knowing and seeing it, rather than by owning it. How does realizing beauty as something greater than ourselves point towards the author of beauty? With this criteria in mind, how...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 12, 2014 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
THAT THE JOY AND HAPPINESS OF THE DEVOUT SOUL IS IN THE CROSS Sunday April 13 “Truly this was the Son of God” We desire no other joy nor shade than that of the cross, no other drink than the blood which trickles down it, no other food than the fruit of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 9, 2014 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The current, April 2014 issue of the ICSS Newsletter, (International Commission of Salesian Studies) has an excellent, scholarly article, so timely for this week as we approach Holy Week. It is entitled Images of the Cross in St. Francis de Sales, by Philippe Legros....
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 8, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
On March 15th, 2014, a wonderful conference was held on the general topic of Francis & Francis: Living the Gospel Today by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Vienna, Virginia. “The Salesian Spirit of the Jesuit Pope” Keynote Speakers Rev. Peter Folan, SJ Rev....