by Sister Susan Marie | May 20, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Vocation news
“What are my options?” Whether you are discerning your vocation as a young adult woman or as a mature woman, this question often assails the heart. The Visitation Order has traditionally welcomed both the young and the mature woman for discernment as a...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 19, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
While not all Christians are called to the roles of Consecrated Life or martyrdom, every Christian is called to be a saint! Is the Church asking too much, or does the Church provide the necessary graces for sainthood? The call to heroism builds up the Church, rather...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 12, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Whether as consecrated religious, or as laypeople working in the world, we share in the universal call to holiness. Although the end goal is the same, how do we differ in living out our own sanctity? St. Joseph is our model as “husband, father, and carpenter” Why does...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 6, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
All are Called to Holiness in their Specific Vocation Sainthood is not just for those in religious life! St. Francis de Sales taught that all people are called to holiness, according to their own vocation. Those who work in the world can sanctify their labor and offer...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 5, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
At the Visitation, Elizabeth greets Mary, as “Mother of my Lord” and “Blessed are you among women!” Why did God choose to reveal Mary’s motherhood of the Savior to Elizabeth? Mary has many roles and titles: Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Mother of Humanity, Refuge of...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 4, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
On May 1st we celebrated the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. St. Joseph serves as a model for all workers and an intercessor as well. Fr. Kevin Nadolski, OSFS, illustrates this with his article on St. Joseph, when he states, ” fidelity is the essence of...