St. Francis de Sales AssociationSaint Francis de Sales Associationhttp://www.sfdsassociation.org/index.php2010-09-05T02:37:07ZJoomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content ManagementDC-2010 Fall Day of Recollection2010-06-19T19:37:04Z2010-06-19T19:37:04Zhttp://www.sfdsassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6300:dc-2010-fall-day-of-recollection&catid=96:retreats-and-events&Itemid=172Mary Kaymbattafarano@mmcip.umm.edu<p style="text-align: center;">Join us on <strong>Saturday October 9, 2010</strong> with <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5941:what-is-spiritual-friendship&catid=98&Itemid=118">Fr. John Crossin, OSFS</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="200" src="images/stories/gtownwindowjanesfds.jpg" alt="gtownwindowjanesfds" height="308" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><st1:place><st1:placename>Georgetown</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Visitation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Preparatory School</st1:placetype></st1:place> – Founders’ Hall<br /><st1:address><st1:street>1500 35<sup>th</sup> Street, NW</st1:street>, <st1:city>Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state>D.C.</st1:state></st1:address> (parking available on site, in rear lot)<br /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">THE HOLY SPIRIT</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">“You are Daughters of the Spirit of Jesus…” Canon Henri Chaumont, Founder<br />Presenter: Rev. John Crossin, OSFS, Exec. Director of the <st1:state><st1:place>Washington</st1:place></st1:state> Theological Consortium </p>
<p>8:45 – 9:15 Arrival /Registration /Continental Breakfast <br /><br /></p>
<p>9:15 – 9:30 Opening Prayer Service </p>
<p>9:30 – 10:15 “EVERYDAY VIRTUES AND THE HOLY SPIRIT” </p>
<p>10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break </p>
<p>10:30 – 11:15 “HEALING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CHURCH/CULTURE” </p>
<p>11:15 – 11:45 General Discussion and Q & A with Father Crossin </p>
<p>11:45 – 12:00 Break </p>
<p>12:00 – 12:45 Celebration of Mass </p>
<p>12:45 Lunch (Please bring one sandwich for yourself)</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Advance Registration–PLEASE register by Friday, September 15, 2010<br />Questions? Contact Mary Ann Kan, 301-885-0405 or <a href="mailto:m-kkan1@comcast.net">m-kkan1@comcast.net</a> </p>
<p>NAME_________________________________________________________________________ </p>
<p>ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________ </p>
<p>PHONE ________________ E-MAIL_________________________ NUMBER OF PERSONS_____<br /><br /></p>
<p>COST of $15.00 includes lightbreakfast; luncheon: beverages, salads & desserts and<br />donations to Father Crossin (Oblates of St. Francis de Sales) and the Visitation Sisters.</p>
<p>Make check out to: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ST. FRANCIS DESALES CHARITY ACCOUNT <br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">MAIL:</span> DOROTHY R. BLOOMFIELD, <st1:address><st1:street>9707 OLD GEORGETOWN RD. #1418</st1:street>, <st1:city>BETHESDA</st1:city>, <st1:state>MD</st1:state> <st1:postalcode>20814</st1:postalcode></st1:address><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;">Join us on <strong>Saturday October 9, 2010</strong> with <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5941:what-is-spiritual-friendship&catid=98&Itemid=118">Fr. John Crossin, OSFS</a> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="200" src="images/stories/gtownwindowjanesfds.jpg" alt="gtownwindowjanesfds" height="308" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><st1:place><st1:placename>Georgetown</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Visitation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Preparatory School</st1:placetype></st1:place> – Founders’ Hall<br /><st1:address><st1:street>1500 35<sup>th</sup> Street, NW</st1:street>, <st1:city>Washington</st1:city>, <st1:state>D.C.</st1:state></st1:address> (parking available on site, in rear lot)<br /> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">THE HOLY SPIRIT</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">“You are Daughters of the Spirit of Jesus…” Canon Henri Chaumont, Founder<br />Presenter: Rev. John Crossin, OSFS, Exec. Director of the <st1:state><st1:place>Washington</st1:place></st1:state> Theological Consortium </p>
<p>8:45 – 9:15 Arrival /Registration /Continental Breakfast <br /><br /></p>
<p>9:15 – 9:30 Opening Prayer Service </p>
<p>9:30 – 10:15 “EVERYDAY VIRTUES AND THE HOLY SPIRIT” </p>
<p>10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break </p>
<p>10:30 – 11:15 “HEALING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CHURCH/CULTURE” </p>
<p>11:15 – 11:45 General Discussion and Q & A with Father Crossin </p>
<p>11:45 – 12:00 Break </p>
<p>12:00 – 12:45 Celebration of Mass </p>
<p>12:45 Lunch (Please bring one sandwich for yourself)</p>
<p><em>Cut here</em>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Advance Registration–PLEASE register by Friday, September 15, 2010<br />Questions? Contact Mary Ann Kan, 301-885-0405 or <a href="mailto:m-kkan1@comcast.net">m-kkan1@comcast.net</a> </p>
<p>NAME_________________________________________________________________________ </p>
<p>ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________ </p>
<p>PHONE ________________ E-MAIL_________________________ NUMBER OF PERSONS_____<br /><br /></p>
<p>COST of $15.00 includes lightbreakfast; luncheon: beverages, salads & desserts and<br />donations to Father Crossin (Oblates of St. Francis de Sales) and the Visitation Sisters.</p>
<p>Make check out to: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ST. FRANCIS DESALES CHARITY ACCOUNT <br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">MAIL:</span> DOROTHY R. BLOOMFIELD, <st1:address><st1:street>9707 OLD GEORGETOWN RD. #1418</st1:street>, <st1:city>BETHESDA</st1:city>, <st1:state>MD</st1:state> <st1:postalcode>20814</st1:postalcode></st1:address><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
<p> </p>Weekend Retreat- Upstate NY: 10/1-10/3/102010-08-02T22:47:35Z2010-08-02T22:47:35Zhttp://www.sfdsassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6304:weekend-retreat-upstate-ny-101-10310&catid=96:retreats-and-events&Itemid=172Mary Kaymbattafarano@mmcip.umm.edu<p align="center"><strong>Region II Annual Retreat Christ the King Seminary <st1:place>East Aurora</st1:place>, N.Y. October 1-3 2010</strong> </p>
<p><img height="132" width="132" src="images/stories/KTC_NY.jpg" alt="KTC_NY" style="float: left;" />Each year we attend a retreat to focus on our Salesian commitment as Daughters of St. Francis de Sales. Keeping in mind the theme established at the General Assembly to “go and bear fruit that will last,” we look forward to gathering together in October and encourage you to come and bring a friend. Our retreat theme is <strong>“<st1:place>Mission</st1:place> Impossible, You Have Been Chosen”</strong> orchestrated by Fr. William Fischer O.S.F.S., who will encourage us carefully examine our role of evangelization made possible through our probations of Spiritual Energy and Salesian Spirituality.</p>
<p>The retreat will be held <strong>October 1-3rd </strong>at <strong>Christ the King Seminary, in <st1:place><st1:city>East Aurora</st1:city>, <st1:state>New York</st1:state></st1:place>. </strong> The cost of the full retreat is $90. A $25 registration fee is due by August 27 and final payment of $65 due by September 17<sup>th</sup> 2010. See you in October! <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6305:regsitration-form-ny-weekend-retreat-2010&catid=101&Itemid=173">Registration Form attached here</a>.</p><p align="center"><strong>Region II Annual Retreat Christ the King Seminary <st1:place>East Aurora</st1:place>, N.Y. October 1-3 2010</strong> </p>
<p><img height="132" width="132" src="images/stories/KTC_NY.jpg" alt="KTC_NY" style="float: left;" />Each year we attend a retreat to focus on our Salesian commitment as Daughters of St. Francis de Sales. Keeping in mind the theme established at the General Assembly to “go and bear fruit that will last,” we look forward to gathering together in October and encourage you to come and bring a friend. Our retreat theme is <strong>“<st1:place>Mission</st1:place> Impossible, You Have Been Chosen”</strong> orchestrated by Fr. William Fischer O.S.F.S., who will encourage us carefully examine our role of evangelization made possible through our probations of Spiritual Energy and Salesian Spirituality.</p>
<p>The retreat will be held <strong>October 1-3rd </strong>at <strong>Christ the King Seminary, in <st1:place><st1:city>East Aurora</st1:city>, <st1:state>New York</st1:state></st1:place>. </strong> The cost of the full retreat is $90. A $25 registration fee is due by August 27 and final payment of $65 due by September 17<sup>th</sup> 2010. See you in October! <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6305:regsitration-form-ny-weekend-retreat-2010&catid=101&Itemid=173">Registration Form attached here</a>.</p>Jubilee Year-Visitation Order2010-05-24T05:30:29Z2010-05-24T05:30:29Zhttp://www.sfdsassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6298:jubilee-year-visitation-order&catid=101:uncategorized&Itemid=173Haydeehaydee@sfdsassociation.org<p><img height="154" width="105" src="images/stories/400th_Anniversary/VizSisters.jpg" alt="VizSisters" style="float: left;" /><br style="clear: right;" />This year Visitation monasteries throughout the world are commemorating the 400th anniversary of the foundation of their order, The Visitation of Holy Mary. The Jubilee Year opened on January 24 ,feast day of St Francis de Sales, and will close on December 13, death of St. Jane de Chantal. On June 6th, the actual date of the foundation, monasteries will celebrate the joyful occasion with special liturgies and events.<img height="162" width="128" src="images/stories/400th_Anniversary/Logo_Jubilee.png" alt="Logo_Jubilee" style="float: right;" /></p>
<p> In honor of this worldwide Jubilee Year, Pope Benedict XVI has granted a <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=110:glossary">plenary indulgence</a> to those who make a visit to and pray in a Visitation monastery in 2010.</p>
<p> The Second Federation of the Visitation in the US commissioned "The Visitation, a Monastic way of Life in the Church," a new book for the occasion. This hardcover book includes brief biographies of the two founders, St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, fascinating information and many illustrations. Order your copy at <a href="http://www.visitationmonastery.org">http://www.visitationmonastery.org</a> <img height="172" width="226" src="images/stories/400th_Anniversary/Visitation_Book.png" alt="Visitation_Book" style="vertical-align: top;" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The St. Francis de Sales Association in the USA joins in the Jubilee celebration by offering an original reflection by one of our associates in Virginia, <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6297:st-francis-de-sales-and-the-visitation-a-reflection-on-the-second-joyful-mystery-&catid=94">St. Francis de Sales and the Visitation: A Reflection on the Second Joyful Mystery</a></p>
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<p> </p><p><img height="154" width="105" src="images/stories/400th_Anniversary/VizSisters.jpg" alt="VizSisters" style="float: left;" /><br style="clear: right;" />This year Visitation monasteries throughout the world are commemorating the 400th anniversary of the foundation of their order, The Visitation of Holy Mary. The Jubilee Year opened on January 24 ,feast day of St Francis de Sales, and will close on December 13, death of St. Jane de Chantal. On June 6th, the actual date of the foundation, monasteries will celebrate the joyful occasion with special liturgies and events.<img height="162" width="128" src="images/stories/400th_Anniversary/Logo_Jubilee.png" alt="Logo_Jubilee" style="float: right;" /></p>
<p> In honor of this worldwide Jubilee Year, Pope Benedict XVI has granted a <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=110:glossary">plenary indulgence</a> to those who make a visit to and pray in a Visitation monastery in 2010.</p>
<p> The Second Federation of the Visitation in the US commissioned "The Visitation, a Monastic way of Life in the Church," a new book for the occasion. This hardcover book includes brief biographies of the two founders, St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, fascinating information and many illustrations. Order your copy at <a href="http://www.visitationmonastery.org">http://www.visitationmonastery.org</a> <img height="172" width="226" src="images/stories/400th_Anniversary/Visitation_Book.png" alt="Visitation_Book" style="vertical-align: top;" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The St. Francis de Sales Association in the USA joins in the Jubilee celebration by offering an original reflection by one of our associates in Virginia, <a href="index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6297:st-francis-de-sales-and-the-visitation-a-reflection-on-the-second-joyful-mystery-&catid=94">St. Francis de Sales and the Visitation: A Reflection on the Second Joyful Mystery</a></p>
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<p> </p>Welcome2008-11-14T12:23:14Z2008-11-14T12:23:14Zhttp://www.sfdsassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5926:welcomeMary Kaymbattafarano@mmcip.umm.edu<h2><span class="title_heading"> </span></h2>
<p>The Saint Francis de Sales Association offers Catholics:</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />An answer for those of us seeking how to <strong>live our faith</strong> more fully</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A source of <strong>joy</strong> in spiritual friendship and solidarity within a <strong>spiritual family</strong>, locally & globally</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A support for witnessing to the <strong>Gospel in our daily lives</strong> guided by Saint Francis de Sales.</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A road to <strong>liberty</strong> filled with <strong>peace and confidence</strong> in the Spirit of Jesus</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A way to respond to the <strong>"universal call for holiness"</strong> in the midst of the world.</p><h2><span class="title_heading"> </span></h2>
<p>The Saint Francis de Sales Association offers Catholics:</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />An answer for those of us seeking how to <strong>live our faith</strong> more fully</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A source of <strong>joy</strong> in spiritual friendship and solidarity within a <strong>spiritual family</strong>, locally & globally</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A support for witnessing to the <strong>Gospel in our daily lives</strong> guided by Saint Francis de Sales.</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A road to <strong>liberty</strong> filled with <strong>peace and confidence</strong> in the Spirit of Jesus</p>
<p><img width="20" src="images/stories/swirl_image_blue.jpg" alt="swirl_image_blue" height="8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; float: left;" />A way to respond to the <strong>"universal call for holiness"</strong> in the midst of the world.</p>