by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
23 August 2012 Weekly devotions: “Hungry for God” Live + Jesus Hungry for God Thirty-six years ago, give or take a month, my very articulate three-and-a-half-year-old nephew announced that he was going to Sunday Mass with me. And so we–Charlie and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
With Venerable Louis Brisson’s beatification approaching, now merely a month away, we are offering some selections from his conferences to develop our Salesian spirit. Fr. Brisson, Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, was an energetic preacher, teacher...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 18, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
France: Father José Aldino Kiesel, elected Superior General of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales France, 13 August 2012 (APIC) Brazilian José Aldino Kiesel was appointed Superior General of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for six years. His re-election was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal continues her Conference on Reformation of Soul by giving two addtional ways we can improve our inner lives: “The second means of reformation is to exercise ourselves in prayer and in mortification, for these are the two wings for flying to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 16, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal gave many spiritual conferences to her Sisters in the early days of the Visitation Order. Many of her insights are applicable to laity as well as religious. In this series, which will be followed up in our Chat sessions on Sunday evenings, we are...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
If you are in France next week, consider attending a Conference in Annecy entitled: Is it Permitted to Hope? (With Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal). Sunday, August 19: 10:00: Opening Mass presided by Bishop Yves Boivineau “The Synod, a time of Hope”...