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Annecy! A Salesian Vacation

By SalesianSpirituality| 2018-06-27T19:24:59+00:00 June 27th, 2018|Reflection|

Anyone even remotely familiar with St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal , the Visitation Sisters or the Oblates of St Francis de Sales will grasp the joy that floods one’s heart in seeing or hearing the name of [...]

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The Generosity of God’s Love Knows No Bounds!

By SalesianSpirituality| 2018-06-13T18:16:59+00:00 June 13th, 2018|Reflection|

When we allow our human heart to be surrounded by God's heart, we find joy and hope in the nooks and crannies of each moment and God present in every wrinkle of our day. This awesome love that God has [...]

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Salesian Spirituality & Fake News

By SalesianSpirituality| 2018-06-04T21:10:38+00:00 June 4th, 2018|Reflection|

By this point, I am sure that we are familiar with the term “fake news.” The term itself refers to a type of news that is found in traditional news (print & TV) and in social media websites that has [...]

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Married Love and Devotion

By SalesianSpirituality| 2018-05-10T14:58:33+00:00 May 10th, 2018|Reflection|

In Part 3 of the Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis reflects on how husbands and wives contribute to each other’s holiness: "The union of husband and wife in holy devotion . . . is the best and most fruitful [...]

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How one woman is turning her chemo into charity; a response to suffering

By SalesianSpirituality| 2018-01-13T01:29:54+00:00 January 13th, 2018|News, Reflection|

"The truly loving heart loves God's good pleasure not in consolations only but also in afflictions." (St. Francis de Sales-Treatise on the Love of God) Recently a woman contacted me, wanting to make a donation to our parish ministry to the [...]

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Drawing Near to the Infant Jesus

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Drawing Near to the Infant Jesus

By SalesianSpirituality| 2017-12-22T15:57:40+00:00 December 22nd, 2017|Reflection|

Blessed Louis Brisson shares his thoughts at Christmas time with his spiritual children: “A little child walks along holding his mother’s hand, distrusts his own strength, and is not bold. May you be the same and venture nothing without God. [...]

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SFS on Marriage: Fidelity

By SalesianSpirituality| 2017-12-04T19:08:08+00:00 December 4th, 2017|Marriage Spirituality, Reflection|

Back in October, I wrote on “the union of hearts” as the first of three qualities that Francis de Sales called for in marriage. The second quality is fidelity. Obviously such fidelity excludes romantic, sexual attachments to anyone outside the [...]

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By SalesianSpirituality| 2017-10-15T20:42:28+00:00 October 15th, 2017|Reflection|

During this month when we remember the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, it is good to turn to Saint Francis de Sales who dedicated so much of his time and energy to bringing about unity. During [...]

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Francis de Sales on Marriage.

By SalesianSpirituality| 2017-12-04T19:11:22+00:00 October 2nd, 2017|Reflection|

In Part 3 of the Introduction to the Devout Life, in his Instruction to Married Persons, Francis de Sales reflects on the holiness of marriage and exhorts his readers to a married love that is “completely holy, completely sacred, and [...]

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