by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News
PREORDER Father Joseph Boenzi’s new book St. Francis de Sales Life and Spirit Father Joe Boenzi, a Salesian of Don Bosco, is a well known scholar, teacher and promoter of St. Francis de Sales and his spirit. Here is what he says about Salesian Spirituality in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 26, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality
Faith- the dawn of devotion- Sunday’s chat Sister : What devotions do you practice and how were you led to them? How do you perceive your faith and love of God in relation to your knowledge of Him? What is your balance between prayer, worship and theological...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 24, 2012 | Events, Visitation News
The three year monastic residence of the Visitation Sisters in the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery has drawn to a close. L’Osservatore Romano interviewed the Superior, Mother Maria Begona Sanchos Herreros, about this experience, publishing the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 23, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Just published (in French) The Visitation of Holy Mary in Congo-Brazzaville 1964-2010, by Sister Francoise Marie Balekoro, this book tells the fascinating story of the foundation of the Visitation Order in Africa. The insightful Bishop who realized the young African...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 23, 2012 | Visitation News, Visitation Saints
The devotion to Our Lord’s Holy Wounds received new impetus under the guise of a humble lay Sister of the Visitation, Sister Mary Martha Chambon, of the Visitation Monastery, then of Chambery, France. Over a century later, this devotion continues to draw the...