by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 2, 2025 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
2 February: Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, a day of prayer for religious men and women of apostolic life.February 2, 1641: Birth of Saint Claude La Colombière (Jesuit, apostle of devotion to the Sacred Heart and spiritual director of Saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2025 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 15, 2025 | St. Francis de Sales The Holy Jubilee Year of 2025 is themed Pilgrims of Hope. As we prepare for the Feast of St Francis de Sales on January 24th, this novena will be taken from St Francis de Sales...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 20, 2025 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
4 – Maturity and fruitfulness Testament The little Institute, to reach its full maturity and multiply, will still benefit from the solicitude of its Founders to advance towards its future. Our blessed Father has only four more years to spend here below. Our holy...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 15, 2025 | Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Watch here with translation below Neuvaine pour la fête de St François de Sales. 1er Jour 1st Day How good God is to me! Admire the goodness of God. Oh, how good my God is to me! So it’s so good! How rich is your heart, Lord, in mercy, overflowing with goodness!...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2025 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
The 20th Annual Live Jesus! Virginia is on March 29, 2025 at St. John Neumann Parish in Reston, VA. This year’s Live Jesus! theme is “Bend Don’t Break: The Art of Salesian Spirituality.” St. Francis’ words remind us that we need encouragement and hope to help us find...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
January 1587: After praying the “Remember” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where the question of predestination was being debated...