by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 3, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales, a pacifier of souls to rediscover Pope Francis dedicated an apostolic letter to Saint Francis de Sales on Wednesday December 28, the 400th anniversary of the death of the Bishop of Geneva. An opportunity to dive into his spiritual heritage, to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality
He loves us! God loved us, and gave Himself up for us. He is a God who has loved us from all eternity, loved us to the point of dying of love for us. It is important to think back to these words and read them again at the beginning of this year until they are deeply...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Memento of the month January 1587: After praying the “Remember” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where theologians debated the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 30, 2022 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
Access talks from link below: To-mark-the-400th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-Saint-Francis-de-Sales.pdf (donboscosalesianportal.org) Friday, November 18Session 1Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary – IT FR ENG SPA – Mariagrazia FranceschiniInstitute of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From his earliest childhood, Françis de Sales, with the help and testimony of his parents but also and above all with the grace of God, had a great awareness of the presence of God in his life and around him. He will experience it intensely and concretely. And...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Today on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales, the pope underlines that the bishop of Geneva considered the Christian life as an exit from oneself, an “ecstasy of work and life”: ” This should not, however, be...