by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Vocation news
An intern from the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis is discovering the monastic value of silence. Read about her insightful experiences here: On Silence: Thoughts from VIP Anna D. on one of the seven Essentials of Monastic...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
A Meditation on the Visitation When does life begin? The Church teaches that life begins from the very first moment of conception. Scripture, most particularly the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1, Verses 39 to 45, supports this teaching. “Thereupon Mary set out, proceeding...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 17, 2013 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
DIVINE MERCY AND YOUR VOCATION, ACCORDING TO SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES St. Francis de Sales had profound thoughts about the Divine Mercy of God, pre-dating the revelations to St. Faustina. In fact, Divine Mercy is deeply related to His Call to you in your vocation. St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Jane de Chantal was a woman of Faith who experienced temptations against the faith! St. Vincent de Paul said of Jane Frances: “She was full of faith, yet all her life had been tormented by thoughts against it. While apparently enjoying the peace and easiness of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (JANUARY 6, 2013) Salesian Perspective Have you ever thought what could possibly have possessed these very wise men to leave their homes and undertake a long, hard desert journey? What was so special about this new “King of the Jews”? Everyone...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 1, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
My dearest daughter, I had to write the first letter of this year to Our Lord and Our Lady, and here is the second in which, O my daughter, I will wish you a good year and that we dedicate our heart to divine goodness. May we we live this year, and use it as the...