by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Jane de Chantal
August 12th Chat on St Jane de Chantal- her life, her struggles, her wisdom. Come celebrate her Feast Day and learn more of this Holy Foundress Ja: I am discerning a vocation to the Visitation and Carmel and trying to see which God wants is hard! I love to read, I...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 12, 2012 | "Prayerful Moments" booklet, St. Jane de Chantal
Today, August 12th, the Sisters of the Visitation celebrate the Solemnity of our Foundress, St. Jane de Chantal. St. Jane lived for God, as a young, single woman, a wife, a mother, a widow and a religious. Her wisdom can be a source of support for women in all...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
August 12th is the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane de Chantal. To prepare our hearts for this Feast, we are beginning a series of reflections from Saint Jane’s Conferences. How can we progress in the spiritual life?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
These weeks of Lent are a time for us to get ready for the Passion of Our Savior Jesus Christ, but how can we best prepare for such a momentous commemoration? St. Jane de Chantal advises us: We are going to commemorate the Passion of our Savior: let us strive to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal exhorted her Visitandine Sisters to grow toward perfect holiness by the means given them in their Congregation. She said, “ I can bring nothing before your eyes, in this holy time of Lent, my dear Sisters, nothing I say, more pressing than the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal: It is chiefly in this time of Lent that we are to apply ourselves to prayer, and we are to breathe recollectedness and mortification, even in our recreations. Let us advance in true virtue following our Lord in the desert, and praying, as he...