by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Last night’s chat included reference to the “Martyrdom of Love” St Jane spoke of. Here is a fuller quote: One day Saint Jane spoke the following eloquent words, which listeners took down exactly as spoken: “My dear daughters, many of our holy fathers...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
August 12th is the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane de Chantal. To prepare our hearts for this Feast, we are beginning a series of reflections from Saint Jane’s Conferences. How can we progress in the spiritual life?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Benigna Consolata Ferrero, 1885-1915 This Italian Visitandine did not have a long life; her vocation in the Monastery only lasted nine years, but in those short years she developed, with the grace of God, an intense prayer life, but humbly simple. In giving an...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Part 2:Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales Reluctance The Very Reverend Father Brisson was professor at the Diocesan Seminary of Troyes and confessor to the Visitation Monastery in the same city. For more than thirty years he was daily importuned by the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Scientist, Skeptic, Spiritual Leader and Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Part 1 SCIENTIST Yes, a unique scientist will be beatified on September 22, 2012! His most notable invention? – an astronomical clock! One evening when he was watching the stars...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We’ve all heard of people that are described as “opinionated”, but in fact all people hold some kind of private opinion or judgement. How does this reality affect our spirituality and interior growth? St. Francis de Sales was asked this question and...