by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 28, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News
Did you know?- that St Francis de Sales, Founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary might have chosen St Martha as the congregation’s patron? Among the questions to be settled in the early days of Francis and Jane’s fledgling institute was its name....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 17, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Leonie Martin, (the sister of St. Therese of Liseux), who was a Visitation Nun, and in Profession, named Sister Francoise Therese, knew what it was to struggle emotionally. From a difficult childhood and youth and a few false starts in religious life, she grew to be a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 16, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
The North American Salesian Network is an intentional network of collaboration by Salesian organizations. This group currently includes: • DeSales Resources and Ministries • Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales • Oblates of St. Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 11, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality
Is Life all about “Saving or Losing?” “Christ said; “Whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” Christ had some very definite ideas about “saving and losing” when it comes to living as his follower that’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 9, 2013 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Last year the various Salesian Congregations in the USA met to begin a dialogue among themselves about a unified effort to make the spirituality of St Francis de Sales better known. This year the group met again, making some progress, and bringing to our attention...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach, YEAR OF FAITH
Sun chat: The Light of Faith. Pope Francis new encyclical and St Francis de Sales on the light of faith Sister Susan Marie: In our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday, we will discuss these points: Both the Holy Father and St. Francis use vivid images of light to...