DeSales Weekly
Every Thursday our digital newsletter, DeSales Weekly, provides new resources to aid in efforts to “Live Jesus,” the motto of our patron, St. Francis de Sales. He sought to integrate the sacred and the secular to make the ordinary events of our lives extraordinary by bringing virtue, grace, and Jesus to all we do.
With reflections on Salesian topics by the Oblates and lay collaborators, resources to help prepare for Sunday Mass, and updates from the Oblate world, this weekly email offers a regular, concise resource to life the spirit and help it soar into the weekend.
DeSales Weekly Articles
And Here Comes the Holy Spirit!
As I prepare for Pentecost, I think of two Oblates who have impacted my life and my vocation, Fathers Clark Kelley and Joe Dumphrey. The work of the Holy Spirit in their lives has made my life richer as well as those who were in their parishes and ministries. …
Annecy Hall: Happy 30th Anniversary!
As Annecy Hall celebrates 30 years, learn how it has been and still remains a special place for Oblates…
Answering the Call…
When God wants to get your attention about something, He keeps showing up! This National Nurses Week, Susan Susan shares her journey of listening to the Lord's call…
“Come and Meet My Son”
The priest always sits next to the grandma at wedding receptions. I love this for several reasons but most of all because I learn more about who God is when I’m seated next to a grandma…
¡Your light, Señor!
Have you ever imagined your heart/soul as art? As I explore Pablo Picasso’s political worldview and his paintings of war’s dehumanization, it has given me a chance to reflect on art and its purpose in the world through the lens on Salesian art as art with a spiritual purpose...
Responding to the Gospel
Fr. Joseph Murray, OSFS, was the first to teach me St. Mark's Gospel back in high school. As I reflect on this Gospel, I realize that Fr. Murray used it to help prepare students for the real world. How does St. Mark help us to look at our relationship with Jesus and live more like Him…