by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal continues her Conference on Reformation of Soul by giving two addtional ways we can improve our inner lives: “The second means of reformation is to exercise ourselves in prayer and in mortification, for these are the two wings for flying to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 16, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
St. Jane de Chantal gave many spiritual conferences to her Sisters in the early days of the Visitation Order. Many of her insights are applicable to laity as well as religious. In this series, which will be followed up in our Chat sessions on Sunday evenings, we are...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 15, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality
If you are in France next week, consider attending a Conference in Annecy entitled: Is it Permitted to Hope? (With Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal). Sunday, August 19: 10:00: Opening Mass presided by Bishop Yves Boivineau “The Synod, a time of Hope”...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Last night’s chat included reference to the “Martyrdom of Love” St Jane spoke of. Here is a fuller quote: One day Saint Jane spoke the following eloquent words, which listeners took down exactly as spoken: “My dear daughters, many of our holy fathers...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
August 12th is the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane de Chantal. To prepare our hearts for this Feast, we are beginning a series of reflections from Saint Jane’s Conferences. How can we progress in the spiritual life?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Benigna Consolata Ferrero, 1885-1915 This Italian Visitandine did not have a long life; her vocation in the Monastery only lasted nine years, but in those short years she developed, with the grace of God, an intense prayer life, but humbly simple. In giving an...