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 | 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 5, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
Friends Share and Even Love One Another’s Crosses The following article is taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de Sales.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and review the questions at the end.Click...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 27, 2023 | St. Jane de Chantal
Friends: St. Vincent de Paul and St. Jane Frances de Chantal – FAMVIN NewsEN Click for slide show
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
This Constant Flutter of Your Heart Exhausts Your Strength All the Time This week we read part of a letter from St. Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantel, in response to a troubling letter she previously sent him.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the...