by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 1, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Pope Francis has declared today, September 1st, as an annual day of prayer, penance and thanksgiving for creation. In his Treatise on the Love of God, our Founder, St Francis de Sales wrote in Book, 2, Chapter 2: God spoke but one word, and in virtue of that in a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales had an “Augustinian cast of mind”, it has been said. Certainly he respected this great doctor of the Church and chose the Rule of St. Augustine for the Visitation Order that he founded with St Jane de Chantal. That is why we call St...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 27, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
It is well known among Visitandines that St. Augustine, whose monastic rule for religious life we follow, is often called our”grandfather” as our Holy Father, St. Francis de Sales, chose St Augustine as a model for our community living. So, therefore our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of St. Louis. Our Founder, St Francis de Sales, said of him “S. Louis, a monarch unrivaled in time of peace or war, who was most diligent in the administration of justice and in ruling his country, nevertheless was wont to hear two masses...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Year of Consecrated Life
For the year 2015, the theme in the context of the Salesian Week is based on an updated rereading of “Introduction to the Devout Life.” The general theme: “I call you friends … (John 15, 14)” with the subtitle: “Living as a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 20, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales
St Francis de Sales and St Bernard Today is the Feast of St. Bernard. St Francis de Sales often looked toward him as a model. He had many references to him in his Introduction to the Devout Life, and one whole chapter was devoted to him in regards to an example of...