by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Joys and sorrows of our holy Founder The work of reforming the priory of Talloires weighed heavily on his arms for a long time. He would have liked to install the Feuillants (reformed Cistercians) there, but the Abbot of Savigny, on whom the priory depended, opposed...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Offer Him Your Heart in Penitence This article is an excerpt taken from a chapter in Introduction to the Devout Life 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, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2024 | Visitation History
Danger to which our Sisters run by the encounter with the troops. Almost as soon as they left Metz, they were extremely frightened to see the army of the Swedes, barbarous and cruel people, especially for those consecrated to God. They used the Lord’s help and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Treatise on the Love of God Our holy Founder is constantly interrupted in the writing of his work, which puts our holy Mother in difficulty, she said to him (Correspondence I Letter n°21): “I am greatly mortified when I know that you are being diverted to write in the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Some memories of the Sisters during these childhood years of our Institute. The community had welcomed a very simple young person, Claude Fardel, out of charity. At the time, an old building was being demolished and she had been tasked with collecting tiles. As the...