by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Sunday’s chat extended into realms other than those originally posted and one of the areas that emerged was the upcoming beatification of Ven. Louis Brisson, the Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Sister: I am going to digress to chat a bit about...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Sunday’s chat reflected the post about St. Francis de Sales advice on dealing with our antipathies. Here’s how some of it went! R (guest): I tend to get like that when I hear people at work that talk about offensive stuff, so should I just ignore this? Jul...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The realities of our daily lives often bring us into contact with people who for some reason we just don’t take to. But if we are people of good will we find this disturbing, as we certainly want to grow in charity toward others. How can we deal with these...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 16, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
A long chat last night with many topics- but here is the part on God’s will as originally posted: Sister: Did you have a special interest in the topic tonight on finding God’s will? Jul 15 2012, 8:13 PM Guest227 (guest): always Sister : It is not a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 15, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
There are many situations in life to which we respond by grumbling, or hesitancy in choosing the best response. This especially occurs when others are involved and make suggestions that don’t quite fit in with how we see things. St. Francis de Sales proposes a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 14, 2012 | Events, Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
On Thursday July 12th, the Sisters of the Visitation of Brooklyn were delighted to welcome Fr. Peter Gillen to the Monastery for an afternoon of meetings and to celebrate the Eucharistic Liturgy with some other special guests. Father Peter was recently named by...