by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
7 September 1688: Blessing of the first chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the monastery of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, at the request of Saint Margaret Mary. September 14, 1594: Saint Francis de Sales begins the mission of the Protestant...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales and education: a pedagogy attentive to the possibilities of each A fruitful life If Don Bosco chose Saint Francis de Sales as a model, it was first for a “pastoral” motive. But not only. He also had the intuition that this bishop had...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From Saint Francis de Sales to us, the conditions in which education takes place of children and young people have evolved considerably. In families, relations between relatives and children have been profoundly transformed: from birth, the child is subject to all the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality
“Be Who You Are and Be That Well”:Salesian Principles and Practices for the Devout Life by Fr Michael Newman OSFS Newman_DMin_Treatise_Final_2_6_18 (wrlc.org)
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why is it so important to make a good examination of conscience and good preparation for confession? How can we avoid letting this lead to scrupulosity? Discuss this quote from the letter: “This is life, the only real life, the only life we should live for in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean when St. Francis says that their “vocations differ in rank”?St. Francis says, “Our Lord is a fountain from which our prayer can draw water to cleanse us, to cool us, to make us fruitful and fill us with sweetness.” We often...