by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 20, 2014 | Events, St. Francis de Sales
“The Salesian Spirit of the Jesuit Pope” Keynote Speakers Rev. Peter Folan, SJ Rev. Kevin Nadolski, OSFS Salesian reflections offered by: Rev. Michael Newman, OSFS Rev. Joseph Newman, OSFS When? March 15th 2014 From 9AM-12:45PM Where: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Vienna...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 17, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales
Sun Chat: Spiritual Valentines We may feel that many religious holidays are corrupted today by materialism and secularism. Is this a new problem, or something the Church has always had to deal with? St. Francis de Sales’ ban on sending Valentines was not popular! Does...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Reclaiming the Spiritual Aspect of Valentine’s Day Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership One mark of saints is that they refuse to conform to the ways of the world! As bishop, St. Francis de Sales made an unpopular decision of his own, because he believed it...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 5, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Holy Father Pope Francis has issued his Lenten message for 2014 and it focuses on poverty. http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-francis-lenten-message-2014 St. Francis de Sales also spoke of poverty. Poverty of spirit, St. Francis used to say, comprised three...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2014 is also dedicated as the World Day for Consecrated Life. St. Francis de Sales spoke some of his thoughts about this Feast. In his sermon on Feb. 2, 1622 this Founder of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
This extract from the Preface of the Constitutions of the Visitation Order, written by our Founder, St. Francis de Sales, captures the inner disposition of this extraordinary Doctor of the Church, toward the Institute he was inspired to found.