by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Some memories of the Sisters during these childhood years of our Institute. The community had welcomed a very simple young person, Claude Fardel, out of charity. At the time, an old building was being demolished and she had been tasked with collecting tiles. As the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 22, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
An extract from the preface to volume XXV of the Works of our holy Founder will serve as an introduction: “The love of God is the distinctive character of Saint Francis de Sales; but there also lies the originality of his works (…). From its birth, the Visitation...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Understand the Grace of True Devotion so You Can Rise Up to God ,At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be going back to the basics. We will reflect upon the opening to the Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis’s most influential work.To...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 16, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis points out that God has no need of us (as if God lacks something), instead He created us to share in His goodness. However, after the resurrection, Jesus tells his disciples to spread the gospel, almost as if God is allowing...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 14, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
Today we celebrate the feast of the Visitation. Of course, we pray for our Sisters of the Visitation, especially for Sister Marie-Angélique, who is celebrating the jubilee of her religious consecration. It is also the entry into the Triduum of the Visitation. Every...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 1, 2024 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
1er Friday in the month of June, 1674 Our Lord Jesus Christ, during what is called the 2ndTh great apparition, asks Saint Margaret Mary (nun of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial) for the communion of reparation of the 1ster Friday of each month and...