by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
A week of Salesian Spirituality was celebrated in Annecy, France, the founding city of the Visitation Order, from August 19-26, 2012. The theme: Is it permitted to Hope? Below are podcasts of the talks, in French. Sunday, August 19: 10:00: Opening Mass presided by...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
What is fidelity? Ven. Louis Brisson, to be beatified September 22, 2012, preached a Conference to his Oblate Confreres on this virtue. He said, ” My friends, our spirit is eminently a spirit of fidelity to God. Let’s be faithful, let’s be serious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Venerable Louis Brisson, to be beatified Sept. 22, founded the Oblates of St Francis de Sales with a deep emphasis on charity, reflecting the spiritual values of his Patron. Father Brisson said, ” The period in which St. Francis de Sales lived was a period of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
23 August 2012 Weekly devotions: “Hungry for God” Live + Jesus Hungry for God Thirty-six years ago, give or take a month, my very articulate three-and-a-half-year-old nephew announced that he was going to Sunday Mass with me. And so we–Charlie and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
With Venerable Louis Brisson’s beatification approaching, now merely a month away, we are offering some selections from his conferences to develop our Salesian spirit. Fr. Brisson, Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, was an energetic preacher, teacher...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 18, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
France: Father José Aldino Kiesel, elected Superior General of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales France, 13 August 2012 (APIC) Brazilian José Aldino Kiesel was appointed Superior General of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for six years. His re-election was...