by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 8, 2024 | Events, St. Francis de Sales
FOR JOURNALISTS January 24-26, 2024 in Lourdes, France Times of upheavalPROGRAM catholiques.frWHAT DO artificial intelligence (AI) and the synod on synodality have in common? At first glance, notmuch. But, for our Catholic media, the approach desired by Pope Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 1, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of Saint Francis de Sales in the church of his baptism in Thorens. December 13, 1641: Saint Jeanne de Chantal is born in Heaven at the Monastery of the Visitation in Moulins, at the age of 69. December 17, 1887: Birth of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2023 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (December 3, 2023) “Expectation full of hope!” Salesian Perspective For St. Francis de Sales, the celebration of the Advent season was the high point of the liturgical year. He loved celebrating the season of Advent because he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 1, 2023 | St. Francis de Sales
“Through the communion of Saints, the body of the Church is so united that all its members participate in the good of each: hence all Christians share in all the prayers and good works that are done in Holy Church. This communion takes place down on earth, but it...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 12, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
He Thinks of the Least Hair of Your Head This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence by St. Francis de Sales, which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 8, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
In the second paragraph of the letter, St. Francis suggests to St. Jane de Chantal that they mutually accept each other’s crosses. How can this be carried out with our friends? How is this helpful to both parties?St. Francis says that “How your letters consoled...