by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 8, 2018 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Dominique Menvielle will paint the portrait, this Monday, October 8, at the diocesan house of Rennes. Sister of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and daughter of Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, Léonie Martin could be the next Norman saint. Her beatification process has been...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 8, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis says that, “You have no obligation to make any vow at all, yet make some….” What kind of vows should we be expected to take? What should we aim for here? Going out of your way to help strangers, like Abraham did, is virtuous. However,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Everyone should love the perfection of the evangelical counsels This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 9, “A Continuation Of The Preceding Discourse. How Every One, While Bound To Love, Is Not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 1, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis now tells us that contempt for the counsels is a grave sin. Let’s talk about the fine line of distinction between what he has been saying about it being not a sin to not follow the counsels, but today we read that it is a sin to show contempt. What...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 29, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Earth of Our Heart Is Commanded to Bring Forth the Plants of Virtue This week we are continuing Saint Francis’ Treatise on the Love of God with book 8, chapter 8, “That The Contempt Of The Evangelical Counsels Is A Great Sin.” You can also...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 28, 2018 | Events, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Since 2013 we have followed the progress of the making of the film Cor Jesus Mecum Est, about Mother Carmela Aprile, and remotely about our Visitation Sisters in Rosolini, Italy. Tonight, the film premieres! The film will be screened in national premiere in Rosolini,...