by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2018 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Our Holy Founder’s Feast is Wednesday January 24th and in order to prepare we offer excerpts of his life taken from “Every Day with St Francis de Sales” edited by Francis J Klauder SDB January 16- On January 16, 1618, 400 years ago to this day,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 15, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What is the difference, as described in the video, between our own multiple actions, and the “unitary act of God”? Explain the comparison made in St. Francis’ analogy of the painter, on the one hand, and on the printmaker. The speaker in the video quotes St. Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2018 | Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
It was a somewhat unusual parish project: to make a film and a show about the life and spirituality of Saint Francis de Sales. Mission accomplished ! The parishioners of Thorens-Glières and surroundings recount the life of the patron saint of their parish and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2018 | Visitation History, Visitation News
Here is an obscure reality that we’d like to share with you: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. responded to a letter from a Visitation Sister back in 1963! Sr. Clare Therese Brandon VHM who went back to God in January 2011, was a remarkable religious. During the Civil...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 11, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
He gives each of us what we need for salvation This week we are moving into the section from Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God, about God’s love for us. Be sure to watch the video “Divine Providence and God’s Love for Us”...