by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 9, 2015 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
In your discernment, have you considered the reality of living community life? St. Jane de Chantal, our Foundress, answers a subtle question put to her by her Sisters by drawing on our Founder, St Francis de Sales’ insights, in her Answers. The question put to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 8, 2015 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
In discerning a vocation, sometimes one’s imagination comes into play, thinking about how life may be for the candidate after entrance. What will it be like to have a Formator? How about prayer? What does formation mean anyway? St Jane de Chantal, Foundress of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2015 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
St. Jane de Chantal, as Foundress of the Visitation Order, could not be too careful in whom she accepted into the novitiate. She said in her Answers, page 306, “The happiness and preservation of our Congregation depend on the good choice of subjects, and on the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2015 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
St. Jane de Chantal, whose Feast is August 12th, was a spiritual Mother and guide par excellence. In her Answers, St. Jane shares traits and characteristics both discerner and guide should look for as a candidate considers religious life, especially as a Visitation...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 5, 2015 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
In the discernment for a contemplative, monastic vocation as a Visitandine Nun, Foundress St Jane de Chantal guides us with her Answers. Her Feast is coming up- August 12th. Diverse abilities St. Jane said, “Try to become acquainted with the attractions of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2015 | St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
In the discernment for a possible Visitandine vocation, St. Jane de Chantal, our Foundress, guides us with her Answers, and can serve as a preparation as well for her Feast August 12. Discernment of One’s Disposition for Religious Life St Jane said, “ There is less...