by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 22, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
FOR THE FEAST OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE July 2, 1621 The mind of man is always worried, it is in continual agitations in search of human and apparent goods, which means that finding no contentment in those he meets, he remains full of trouble. From then on, thinking of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | Events, St. Francis de Sales
Men’s Retreat 2022 – Catholic Conference Center Men’s RetreatPractical Holiness “Be who you are… and be that well.”St. Francis De Sales A How-To Guide on living the lessonsof practical holiness of Saint Francis De Sales Matthew Kelly, the popular Catholic speaker,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | Events, Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
This symposium is part of the 4th Centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales. 1622-2022. 400 years after his death, these “Interviews of Saint Germain” will take place in Talloires between the Abbey which once preoccupied François de Sales and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
translated by website 1Presenting St. Francis de Sales as an heir to Erasmian thought is not a new thing: in a fundamental article, published for more than forty years, L.-E. Halkin showed that Erasmus’ legacy was maintained throughout the century following his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Discuss this line: “it costs no more to sigh in God and to God and for God than to sigh and complain without making good use of it.” If we’re going to take the energy for something, why not do so as a prayer? Do you find it difficult...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 14, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Often the saints bring to light this or that aspect of the life of Jesus through theirexistence and their works. If we asked Saint Francis de Sales what feature of the face of theChrist had seduced him more particularly, what his teaching amounted to for him, hewould...