by Sister Susan Marie | May 16, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The texts of the Sixth Sunday of Easter reveal to us the face of the Church, a Church capable of universality in his mission: Paul and Barnabas brought back all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the nations. The faith ! St Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 6, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
in Annecy: We have arrived in May. On the 1st, we celebrated St Joseph, worker. The Book of Hours says: “Work is joy and pain, it is service to the community and approach to God: this is what we learn at the school of Nazareth. And in Constitution 16: “How good it is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 30, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality
All those who love Jesus deeply necessarily have an infinite tenderness and devotion for his mother Mary! On the Cross, in a silent heart-to-heart prayer, Jesus bequeathed to his Mother all the graces He possessed, and addressing John, He gave her to us as Mother! In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 27, 2022 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
Memo of the monthMay 13, 1920: Canonization by Pius Ⅺ of Saint Marguerite-Marie (mystical nun of the monastery of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, confidante of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). May 13, 1933: Birth in Heaven of Venerable Sister Marie-Marguerite Bogner at...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 26, 2022 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Dear friends, “Christ is risen. Hallelujah!” We take pleasure in responding to this Easter invitation: “He is truly risen and we are his witnesses.” With the apparitions of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary we meditate, not only on the pierced Heart of Jesus,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 21, 2022 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
The Year of St. Francis de Sales2022 – 2023December 28, 2022 is the 400 death anniversary of St. Francis de Sales, the Gentleman Saint, who lived asimple life and left a spiritual legacy for the coming generations. All the religious congregations and...