by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 16, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
After St./ Francis de Sales died in 1622, St Vincent de Piul became St. Jane’s spiritual director. How had this come to be? It was in the year 1622 tliat Vincent accepted the office of spiritual director to the nuns of the Order of the Visitation of St. Mary at...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 6, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What does it mean to belong to God alone? Does that mean we cannot have other meaningful relationships?2. How do we turn our sadness from M Sep 5, 7:51 PM having offended God into a deep tranquility and submission?3. What does it mean to in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
In the opening paragraph, St Francis says: “God’s heavenly goodness does not let you fall into these faults in order to abandon you, but so as to humble you and make you take a firmer and tighter hold on the hand of his mercy.” What does this mean?Are we to take up...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
St. Francis mentions two kinds of spiritual coldness: that which is caused by a slackening of good resolutions, and that which is due to simply weariness and heaviness. Can the second type lead to the first? How?What can we do to help ourselves not slip...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2021 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
2022 marks the 450th anniversary of birth of St Jane de Chantal and the 400th anniversary of the death of St Francis de Sales. To highlight these dates a variety of Salesian events are being planned. Fr Jim Greenfield OSFS, President of DeSales University will deliver...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
by Sister Susan Marie | | St. Francis de Sales THE TRANSFIGURATION AND THE HEART OF JESUS(composed by Saint Francis de Sales, August 6-15, 1598. Translated by a Visitandine many years ago and found in a Breviary.) We have seen, O Lord, your shining faceBrighter a...