by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 18, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
One way to prepare for the Feast of St. Francis de Sales on Tuesday, January 24th is by getting to know his spiritual friend, St. Jane de Chantal, a little better, for a person is known by his friends. (Credit goes to Sr. Christine of the St. Louis Visitation...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 17, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
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 holy Superioress, Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, who urged him...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 11, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
The Salesian Center for Faith & Culture at DeSales University announces its online course offerings for the 2012 Lenten season. Courses are available to anyone with Internet access for an $80 registration fee. They begin Ash Wednesday and end on Good Friday. ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 8, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
Follow your star…” Salesian Perspective by Fr. Barry Strong, OSFS The old song inquires—would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar, and be better off than you are, or would you rather be a mule? (Not to mention a pig, a fish, or a monkey!) Well,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 6, 2012 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
If you would like to be a member of the Hour of Presence/Guard of Honor, please keep in mind: *the main idea of this association is to console the Wounded Heart of Jesus by offering Him homage of glory, love and reparation *A member chooses one hour of the day to be...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 5, 2012 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
In 1863, A Visitation Nun from the Monastery in Bourg France, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, had an inspiration stemming from her devotion and her community’s to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Each person could dedicate one hour to His Sacred, Pierced...