by SrDeniseSickinger | Jan 18, 2022 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Blessed Sacrament, Don Bosco, Francis de Sales, FREE Catholic resources, Online Course, Salesian Family, Salesian Saints, Salesian Spirituality, Sanctity, Spiritual Life, Spirituality Days
Saint Francis de Sales inspiring paths of holiness (ANS – Rome) – During the Spirituality Days of the Salesian Family 2022, dedicated to the spiritual and pastoral study of the Rector Major’s Strenna centered on St. Francis de Sales, Fr. Pierluigi Cameroni, Postulator General for the Causes of Saints of the Salesian Family, offered a contribution that highlights how “our journey to holiness and the promotion of the Causes of Beatification and Canonization of our Salesian Family draw great inspiration and strong motivation from him.” In fact, from his person and his doctrine emanate an impression of rare fullness, demonstrated in the serenity of his intellectual research, but also in the richness of his affections, in the “sweetness” of his teachings that have had a great influence on the Christian conscience. One could say, then, that Francis de Sales, both in his most representative works (Introduction to the Devout Life and Treatise on the Love of God) and in his continuous pastoral praxis, presents himself on the scene of the history of the Church as one of the most representative forerunners of what Vatican II calls the “universal vocation to holiness” (chapter 5 of the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium). In his major works,...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Jan 4, 2022 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Spiritual Life, Suffering
All people suffer in life and most of them cannot understand why. This is particularly problematic for the secular person, who we will loosely define as the kind of person who does not believe in anything beyond his senses, including God and an afterlife. Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher, was such a person. For Epicurus, […] Source: Suffering & the Modern Secular...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 2, 2021 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Advent, Christmas, Marian Shrine, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB, Spiritual Life, The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
December Dawns…And so we begin the last month of 2021. There is plenty to celebrate: Advent continues, St. Nicholas Day, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception & Christmas. MARIAN SHRINE Christmas Mass Schedule:December 24 – Friday – Christmas Vigil Mass – 7:00 pmWe will have our regular 11:00 am Confessions & 12 noon Mass during the day.December 25 – Saturday – Christmas Day – 11:00 am & 12:30 pmDecember 26 – Sunday – Regular Sunday Masses – 11:00 am & 12:30 pmThe December Announced...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Nov 3, 2021 | Advent, books, Children, Family MInistry, On Sale, Prayer & Worship, Spiritual Life, Teens and Young Adults
The changes we make to our homes, the special care for friend and neighbor in this season—these are simple expressions of a greater transformation taking place. Caryll Houselander wrote of Our Lady, “Walking in the streets of Nazareth to do her shopping, to visit her friends, she set His feet on the path of Jerusalem. Washing, weaving, kneading, sweeping, her hands prepared His hands for the nails.” Browse our sale collection for thoughtful gifts and resources to prepare for the coming of the Savior! Shop Now Enjoy 25% off* these titles, no coupon necessary. Get Our Latest Advent Calendar! Through the poetic illustrations of this large Advent calendar you can share the joy of the angels and the adoration of the shepherds in front of the Nativity scene. Buy Now Books for Advent The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion Kendra Tierney provides hundreds of prayers for the important seasons and feasts of the Church calendar. This book includes the devotions, blessings, litanies, and novenas mentioned in her Compendium, along with daily prayers, down-to-earth suggestions, and occasional bits of humor. Buy Now Waiting for Christ Journey with St. John Henry Newman through Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, meditating on the coming of Christ and the Christian life. His masterful knowledge of the lives of...
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