by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2018 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality
A Visitation Superior speaks ” Have the same sentiment as Jesus Christ’ is the exhortation of the Apostles to the faithful and it seems the Church cannot repeat it to often after them, during these holy days, in which the Church presents to us our Head,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 2, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Behold the immensity of goods which are in God This week we are moving into book five (“Of The Two Principal Exercises Of Holy Love Which Consist In Complacency And Benevolence.”) from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God. Be sure to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2018 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
March 5, 1604: Saint Francis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness 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 is the fruit of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2018 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality
It was 155 years ago! ….. It was during Holy Week that our founder Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud had the revelation of the Guard of Honor. If the first dial, made following a revelation, was blessed on March 13, 1863 by the Superior, it is the evening...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2018 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
Spiritual retreats … … according to the spirituality of Francis de Sales. These Salesian retreats are open to anyone, regardless of their state of life. These are privileged times to found or renew one’s life following the spiritual experience...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
1What makes possible the decay and ruin of charity? 2. Why does venial sin not destroy charity? What is the harm done by venial sin?3. 3. How does mortal sin destroy charity? How does it destroy charity immediately and not bit by bit? 4. If through venial sin the...