by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 30, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
Questions to ponder Pope Francis opts to focus on the positive aspect of growing in holiness (i.e., living in charity) instead of the negative aspect of growing in holiness (i.e., avoiding sin). While these are both important and necessary, what is the distinction?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 27, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
AM VisitationSiste: Gaudete et Exsultate Questions to ponder The title of this new exhortation from the pope comes from Matthew 5:12. Here is the context of that verse: “Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 19, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Salesian spirituality and Gaudete et Exsultate Note: With the release of Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation, we will take a break from our Treatise on the Love of God to a reflection on this new document. On March 19, Pope Francis released his third...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 14, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Apr 5, 9:29 AM VisitationSiste: Questions to ponder What moves the progress of the soul from union to unity? Does the oneness described here make us a saint? Wherein would be the difference? Can you grow in oneness with God without perceiving it? Does it need your...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 7, 2018 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
The annual meeting of the members of the North American Salesian Network (NASN) will meet Monday April 9 to Wed April 11, 2018 in Brooklyn, Michigan at Camp de Sales, or the De Sales Center. Attendee Organizations Salesians of Don Bosco, Western Province, Oblate...