by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 22, 2019 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
An obscure mystic of the Sacred Heart, a Visitandine, and a “foundress”, Rosalie Albaret, or Sister Teresa of Jesus, was born in France in January of 1743, the youngest of 10 children, and eventually entered the Visitation Monastery of Avignon. Her dad was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 19, 2019 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
As we begin our Novena tomorrow in preparation for the Feast of the Sacred Heart on June 28, 2019, we will feature Visitation Sisters who have especially loved the Sacred Heart of Jesus and promoted this devotion. Of course we are quite familiar with St Margaret Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 3, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
We have spent a lot of time talking about divesting ourselves of affections and so on, and here Saint Francis encourages to have them. How do we strike the balance here? How do we desire not to have them and yet at the same time try to have them? This reflection...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 31, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality
Today, May 31st, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation! ” St. Francis’s treatment of the mystery of the Visitation shows his realism and practicality that take the form of his conviction that the Visitation is not an event consigned to the past, but...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2019 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
Thursday May 30: Ascension Day10am:Mass of Ascension presided over by Father Emmanuel Blanc11h:Glass of friendship and picnic14h:Salesian Visits: Rv in front of the Saint Church François de Sales(called Church of the Italians)1 St Place-François de...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis talks about keeping our eyes fixed on God while suffering affliction. How do we discern when to simply accept the affliction out of filial love for our Father or when to seek help? In other words, how do we discern if God’s will is to simply accept...