by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 26, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Vocation news
March 26 8:00 PM – Following the Spirit: Discernment Series Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM St. Jane House, 1403 Emerson Avenue N., Minneapolis Thinking about making a career change? Longing to get married and start a family? Wondering if God is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 20, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, Vocation news
A vocation to the Visitation Order is a call to live a deep, interior life. One of the guides to developing this inner life is St. Francis de Sales’ Spiritual Directory. Central to the practice of the directory is what is called the Direction of Intention. It is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Popular lyrics and contemporary Christian song notwithstanding (Hillsong United,From The Inside Out) – it was St Francis de Sales(1567-1622) who encouraged conversion from the interior to the exterior. As he wrote in the Introduction to the Devout Life: “As for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2012 | Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Guest: These days, monastic life is rarely spoken of in parishes, at least the ones I’ve attended. Other than a few flyers and the occasional prayer for vocations, we didn’t hear anything at all. I still think it’s valid to have Sisters go to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news
We conclude this first part of the series on Formation Questions and Answers , with St. Jane’s teachings on the prayer life of a Visitation Sister. Often when a candidate is considering a monastic vocation, friends and family will inquire, “but what do you do all day...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 10, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news
Most candidates enter a religious community with great enthusiasm, hopes, high ideals and strong expectations. Formators know that they need to be alert to the moments when the “bubble” begins to leak, or burst. That’s when the new member’s real inner work begins. St....