by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 21, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
“Although she is not called virgin Saint Madeleine, however, because of the super-eminent purity she had after her conversion, she must be called archvirgin, because having been purified in the furnace of sacred love, she was filled with excellent chastity, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 8, 2023 | Photos & videos, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
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by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 6, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
We Are Not Separated from Him This week we read a letter to the Baronne de Chantal, written from Annecy on 21 July 1605.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the letter, which is reproduced below, and review the questions at the end.Click for Living Jesus...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis is one of the great spiritual masters in the Church’s history and a Doctor of the Church. Francis was born two months premature to the noble Sales family in Thorens, France, on August 21, 1567, the firstborn of twelve children. As a young man, he studied...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 7, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
By Diocese of Annecy, from St Francis de Sales’ writings: Most good Father, I thank you for having given me life out of pure love, with no other will than to offer me the infinite happiness of freely participating in your eternal glory. That I may attain this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 4, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Salesian Sunday Reflection The Most Holy Trinity June 4, 2023 Today we celebrate the Trinity, the three Persons in One God. St. Francis de Sales notes: The love of the Three Persons in the Trinity overflows into creation and especially the human family. Humanity...