by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Often you might hear someone remark how people in poorer countries seem more joyful and content. Why do you think this might be so? What does Saint Francis mean that if someone is poor they need to accept it as God’s Will? Does God inflict suffering? How might we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Our Holy Founder of the Visitation Order, St Francis de Sales, will be celebrated on January 24. This year we share excerpts of his teachings and life as a spiritual preparation, from the book The Beauties of St. Francis de Sales, excerpted from Bishop Camus’...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 11, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Turn that precious stone poverty to its true value Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about spiritual richness. We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 16: “How to Possess a Rich Spirit Amid Real...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 10, 2017 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
As we approach the Feast of St Francis de Sales on January 24th, we share more information about celebrations of his 450th anniversary of birth- from Annecy. If you plan to travel to Annecy this year, perhaps you can share in some of these events. A project of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
8 AM Sister Susan Marie: Saint Francis states that God will give to us in return as a result of us giving. How can we distinguish this from a health-and-wealth gospel message so often heard from televangelists and the like? Connected with the first question: How do we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 5, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
God has given us our possessions to cultivate Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership On Sunday we will chat about the spirit of poverty. We continue our series with Part III, Chapter 15: “How to Exercise Real Poverty, Although Actually...