by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 21, 2012 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
(February 22, 2012: Ash Wednesday) “Rend your hearts, not your garments.” During his last Lent before his death in December 1622, Francis de Sales preached in a sermon in which he made the following observation: “Our Divine Savior (who instituted the fast) greatly...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 19, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
The St. Francis de Sales Association was founded in France in 1872. It is a spiritual family made up of lay Catholics – single, married, or widowed – who choose to live their lives grounded in the Gospel and according to Salesian teachings and virtues....
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was an innovator and sometimes his creativity was not always accepted! One of the first acts recorded after he was first raised to the Bishopric of Geneva occurred in February 1603. It was only the second month of his episcopate, and Bishop...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
We conclude this segment of “Discernment with DeSales”, reflecting that Saint Francis De Sales encourages us towards the most appropriate motivations for entering religious life, which include union with God, growth in virtue , and the strengthening of our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from St. Francis De Sales Conference 20 Candidate: I am drawn to the religious life but I am not strong enough to do as I want. I’m afraid to begin this journey. St. Francis De Sales: Courage, my dear daughter, I have told you several times that religion is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from Conference 20 of St. Francis de Sales Candidate: ” I thought that to be a good nun, it was enough to desire to pray well, to have visions and revelations, to see Angels in human form, to be ravished in ecstasies, to be fond of reading good books. ...