by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Spiritual Light from St. Jane de Chantal $ 1.00 A BRAND NEW COMPANION BOOKLET TO GOLDEN COUNSELS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES. This collection of short, practical thoughts from St. Jane de Chantal provides the reader with a unique and down-to-earth approach to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 28, 2019 | St. Jane de Chantal
A Collection of Thoughts from St. Jane: 1 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Saint Jane ‘s Thoughts Peace of Heart “Live joyously and serenely with whatever our Lord will do with you and for you.” Quiet Recollection: “We must keep our hearts open and wait for the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
Jane de Chantal: a life for the poor at the time of the wars of religion “I have always believed that in the person of these poor I wipe the wounds of Jesus Christ,” said St. Jane de Chantal, the founder of the Order of the Visitation.Jane-Françoise...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2019 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
From her childhood, Jane de Chantal is described as “beautiful, cheerful, simple, clairvoyant, determined and deeply applied to her duties as a Christian”. “The perfect lady” first saw her faith in service to the poor and the sick. But after...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 19, 2019 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
On August 12th we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation Order’s Foundress, St. Jane de Chantal The teaching of this mystic of the seventeenth century always resonates with such force in our time: it is through small things and the gift of self that one...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2019 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
The Visitation Order was instrumental, through its St. Margaret Mary, in establishing this Feast. But long before her entrance into the monastery of Paray le Monial, our Holy Founders were already inspired to realize the essential call of the Visitation to the Sacred...