by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 2, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
One cannot be devoted to the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ without acknowledging the role played by a Visitation nun of Chambery, France, Venerable Mary Martha Chambon, in the renewal of this devotion. This humble and illiterate lay Sister was mystically...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
We conclude this segment of “Discernment with DeSales”, reflecting that Saint Francis De Sales encourages us towards the most appropriate motivations for entering religious life, which include union with God, growth in virtue , and the strengthening of our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from St. Francis De Sales Conference 20 Candidate: I am drawn to the religious life but I am not strong enough to do as I want. I’m afraid to begin this journey. St. Francis De Sales: Courage, my dear daughter, I have told you several times that religion is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
On: Discerning with DeSales Welcome to tonight’s chat on Discerning with DeSales! Has St Francis’ advice shaken you or are you determined to keep on the path toward religious life? Sister: Have you a particular interest in St Francis de Sales? Guest 1:Yes...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from Conference 20 of St. Francis de Sales Candidate: ” I thought that to be a good nun, it was enough to desire to pray well, to have visions and revelations, to see Angels in human form, to be ravished in ecstasies, to be fond of reading good books. ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 27, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
So, according to St. Francis de Sales, what is the true motivation for entering religious life? The Saint shared his thoughts with the early Visitandines.(Conference 20) “I say, then, my dear daughters, that our only intention ought to be to unite ourselves to...