by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 17, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Francis frequently told those who came to him for spiritual direction that they should bloom where they were planted. They should make the best of what was at hand. He is teaching us the same truth today. He says: “Instead of tilling the field in which we find...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 4, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“The death and passion of our Lord is the sweetest and the most compelling motive that can animate our hearts in this mortal life…The children of the cross glory in this, their wondrous paradox which many do not understand: out of death, which devours all things, has...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 29, 2015 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
Salesian Week August 23, 2015 August 29, 2015 Where Annecy, France For the year 2015, the theme in the context of the Salesian Week is based on an updated reading of “Introduction to the Devout Life.” The general theme: “I have called you friends...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 20, 2015 | Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, Year of Consecrated Life
The March 2015 edition of the newsletter of the International Commission of Salesian Studies is now online and its cover article by Fr. Ken McKenna, OSFS highlights The Treasure of St. Francis de Sales’ Spiritual Directory. You may access the newsletter here by...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 14, 2015 | Events, Holy Year of Mercy, St. Francis de Sales
Pope Francis has just announced an extraordinary jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy, to highlight the Catholic Church’s “mission to be a witness of mercy,” which will be celebrated from Dec. 8, 2015, until Nov. 20, 2016. St. Francis de Sales, our Founder,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 14, 2015 | LENT, St. Francis de Sales
Rev. Robert Mc Evoy’s Way of the Cross with St. Francis de Sales can be found here: http://web1.desales.edu/assets/salesian/library/SalesianStations-McEvoy.pdf