by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 1, 2017 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News
The Vatican will issue a new postage stamp on November 23, 2017, the Holy See Press Office announced October 31, 2017. A 2.55-euro stamp celebrates the 450th Anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis de Sales. Saint Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church, is one of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 31, 2017 | Events, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
November 1, 1720: Monseigneur de Belsunce consecrates the city and the diocese of Marseille to the Sacred Heart November 6, 1672: Religious profession of St. Margaret Mary November 18-23, 1936: martyrdom of our blessed Sisters of Madrid shot in hatred of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 31, 2017 | St. Francis de Sales
CONSOLING THOUGHTS ON PURGATORY CAME FROM SAINT WHO SAW BEYOND SUFFERING By Susan Tassone The opinion of St. Francis De Sales was that the thought of purgatory should cause not so much pain as consolation. Those who fear purgatory do so in consideration of their own...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 30, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Oct 22, 7:22 PM Judy (Guest): Hi Everyone! Happy Feast of Pope St. John Paul II! I cannot but recall the intensity on his face when he was praying. Holiness seemed to exude from him, even as it from St. Teresa of Calcutta. Oct 22, 7:27 PM Judy (Guest): Brian, where...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 30, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
SrSusan (Guest): Virtue and vice tonight let us stick with virtue Oct 29, 7:28 PM SrSusan (Guest): I always refer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus when we think of virtue because all virtue flows from His Heart Oct 29, 7:29 PM Guest8278 (Guest): Amen Sister Susan ! Oct...