by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
Fr. Thomas Dailey O.S.F.S., S.T.D. Preaches at ‘Let Religious Freedom Ring’ Opening Mass at St. Thomas More parish in Allentown on June 21, 2012 Father Thomas Dailey, OSFS, joined the faculty of DeSales University in 1988 and is a tenured Professor of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 27, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Fr. Eunan McDonnell, in his book on The Concept of Freedom in the Writings of St. Francis De Sales probes into the deeper elements of freedom. He says, “There is a true freedom and an illusory freedom. The choice of the true good produces a good action that is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 25, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality
Jun 24 2012, 7:32 PM Sister : How is Fortnight for Freedom being expressed in your church or parish environments Jun 24 2012, 7:32 PM Guest454 (guest): In our area, there is an air of selfishness that comes with the idea of individual rights. as if each person has...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 23, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Bishop St. Francis de Sales, although an episcopal ancestor by more than 400 years, seems to have spiritual synchronicity with episcopal teachings today. The USCCB’s published reflections for the Fortnight for Freedom for the Third Day, today, June 23, are as...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 22, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales often relates the concept of freedom to other themes such as: the good; grace, love, obedience, sin, the human will, and God’s activity. He often also makes mention of free will. “St. Francis de Sales does not speculate on freedom...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 17, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Founder of the Visitation Sisters, Bishop St. Francis de Sales, held deep theological positions on the concept of freedom. We will manifest his thinking during the “Fortnight for Freedom” through Fr. Eunan McDonnell’s book, The Concept of Freedom in the Writings...