"I recently had the privilege of leading a retreat for the Daughters of St. Francis de Sales at the Visitation Monastery in Mobile, Alabama. . . .
"During the retreat, one of the Daughters described their habit in a way that immediately caught my attention. She said, 'Our habit is our smile.' . . .
"In Salesian Spirituality, every genuine exterior action flows from the interior life of the heart. For the Daughters, their 'habit,' their smile, arises from hearts shaped by God's presence in the moment. Those hearts have known both joy and sorrow, comfort and pain, sickness and health. Yet they continue to choose joy. They continue to smile."
In a recent commentary, Father Joe Newman, OSFS, reflected on Salesian Joy as a joy rooted in the Gospel/
To access Fr. Newman's complete post, please visit:
De Sales Weekly: Provincial Reflection: Smile (2 OCT 25)
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