by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 27, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
tSister Susan Marie: Did you have a topic in mind? Oct 26 2014, 7:16 PM Judy : I thought I would share just a bit on the article “Live in the Pierced Side of Jesus.” Sister Susan Marie: OK! Sister Susan Marie: The Pierced side can be related to the Guard...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 13, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
• How do you think marriage and religious life are similar? How different?• St. Francis de Sales speaks about the mutual love of turtle doves. How is married love different than the the “love” that animals share?• St. Francis quotes Ephesians 5:25,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 12, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
The St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community at Georgetown Visitation Monastery held another of its discernment weekends this past Fri until today Oct 12th and two young women experienced Visitation monastic life with the nuns.
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 6, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Judy K: Hi Sister Susan, I haven’t received the topic for tomorrow night’s chat. Please help! Oct 5 2014, 7:05 PM Sister Susan Marie: We did not select a chat topic as I was away but we can talk about Respect Life Sunday or anything you may want! Sister...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 22, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
In what ways have you been tempted with vanity? Have you ever wondered whether religious still have to struggle with vanity? Fr. de Caussade says that we must “examine peacefully this frightful interior ugliness.” How can one do this? What is frightful about it? How...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 17, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
Traditionally, why were mirrors not available in Monasteries? Was it possible that vanity was a fault among some religious? How do you cope with the temptation to vanity? Jesuit Father Jean Pierre de Caussade addressed this issue with a Visitation Nun centuries ago...