by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 9, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news
One of the most precious gifts of the early stages of your religious life in a congregation is the wisdom and guidance of the Formation or Novice Directress or Director. A mutual spiritual bond is formed from their guidance of your soul and life in community that is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 8, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news
From the Series, “Formation Q&A of St. Jane” St. Jane de Chantal was a wise Foundress who understood the delicate process of spiritual development throughout the novitiate years. Often the Novice Directress asked her guidance as she sought to be...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 7, 2012 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Vocation news
From the series, “Formation Q&A of St. Jane.” We are beginning a series on the delightful way St. Jane de Chantal had of instructing her Visitation Nuns in the spirit and practices of the Visitation Order. St. Jane felt the best way to share her...
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. ...