by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 9, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Salesian week: The joy of the Gospel Where? Annecy, France A week to pray and reflect in the spirit of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, held in the Basilica of the Visitation of Annecy. Every day of the week, a Mass is offered at 430PM with a homily on a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 6, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News
“Images of St. Francis de Sales” by Josette Curtil, is a new book, accompanied by a CD Rom, that provides an innovative look at this Bishop, Doctor and Saint, Founder of the Visitation Order. Through an annotated catalog of 234 works painted throughout 670...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 14, 2014 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“Over and over, through a multitude of images and exhortations, Francis de Sales beckons to his readers and his listeners, urging them to live with generosity of heart as he did the love of the pierced Heart of Christ. Francis wishes all others to breathe out in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 9, 2014 | Sacred Heart, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be observed on Friday June 27 th this year. The Visitation Order was instrumental, through its St. Margaret Mary, in establishing this Feast. But long before her entrance into the monastery of Paray le Monial, our Holy...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 2, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The great Feast of Pentecost, which completes the Easter season, falls on Sunday June 8th this year. The Holy Spirit is always ready to give us spiritual gifts, and especially on this day. St. Francis de Sales assists us in asking for these gifts: “May it please...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 30, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saturday, May 31st, is the Feast of the Visitation,the Titular Feast of the Order of the Visitation. Scholar Helene Bordes enlightens us theologically about the meaning of this Feast in the mind and heart of St. Francis de Sales, Founder of the Order. In her article,...