by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
January 25th is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. We offer here some thoughts of St. Francis de Sales on this great Apostle, from the Treatise on the Love of God (Book VII, chap. VIII) St. Paul’s Wonderful Exhortation to an Ecstatic and Superhuman Life In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Live+Jesus From St Francis’s Treatise on the Love of God, Book 2, Chapter 16 “How Love Is Practiced in Hope” let’s consider some of his statements in the light of our lives. I trust that your hearts will be uplifted ! “By the sacred promises God’s goodness has made...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
The 39th March for Life will fill the streets of Washington DC Monday January 23, 2012. Twenty years ago, a novice in a Visitation Monastery in the U.S. had an inspirational experience with the Scriptural passage of the Visitation. She understood that this holy text...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Companion to a Visionary: When the archbishop of Lyons invited the Visitation sisters into his diocese in 1615, he stipulated that they change their way of life. Instead of visiting the sick, he wanted them cloistered—out of contact with the outside world. Jane...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 20, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Foundress of a New Order: Once Jane’s children were more settled, Francis outlined his vision for a new type of religious community. Requiring only a simple vow of celibacy, it would accommodate women who wanted to join together in loving God and neighbor, but who...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 19, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
This is part of a series of articles on the lives of Visitation saints and holy persons. Look at the “Recent Activity” in the column to the right for other articles. Then, in March 1604, Jane’s father invited her to hear Francis de Sales preach. This young...