by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 13, 2015 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
The Feast of St. Francis de Sales is approaching..on Saturday January 24th and our Church has also begun to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. As a preparation for St. Francis de Sales’ Feast, we thought it might be good to consider his perspectives on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
Meet the men whom Visitandines consider brothers, the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, in this powerful, honest and very human video, in a truly Salesian spirit! Life as an Oblate of St Francis de Sales Life as an Oblate of St. Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales wrote this New Year’s letter to St. Jane de Chantal. May you profit from it as well! LETTER XV. To MADAME DE CHANTAL. O JESUS ! fill our heart with the sacred balm of your Divine name, that the sweetness of its perfume may spread into all...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 24, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From the story when the disciples were in the boat during the storm, and in a panic they awoke Jesus for help (Mark 4:37-41), how can we learn from this situation how to practice the idea of “holy indifference.”? How do the two concepts of “desire...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 22, 2014 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Sunday November 23rd is the Feast of Christ the King. Instituted long after the life of our Founder, St. Francis de Sales, this Feast nevertheless was “anticipated” by St Francis in one of his meditations from his “Introduction to the Devout...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 19, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Ask for Nothing, Refuse Nothing” is a much quoted phrase of St. Francis de Sales. But what does it mean? This was a question posted by a chatter during our Sunday Night Living Jesus chat room session. As we welcome your input to this site, we post here a...