| The Visit: Salesian Icon for Today Registration has been extended to Monday, August 2, 2010  | On the 400th anniversary commemorating the founding of the
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary by
St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, Desales Resources and Ministries, Inc.
invites you to The Joseph F. Power, OSFS28th National Salesian ConferenceThe Visit: Salesian Icon for TodayIn the Gospel account of the Visitation, after hearing Gabriel’s announcement, Mary goes in haste to visit her relative, Elizabeth. In this encounter of mothers and their sons, St. Francis and St. Jane see the relational nature of the entire gospel, and put forth this image as the icon for heart to heart living. Our 2010 Conference will explore this Visitation mystery in the Salesian tradition. Join us on Saturday, August 7, 2010in one of SEVEN locations for a day that will inspire the rest of your journey! Three Presentations + Shared Prayer + Salesian Marketplace
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Sponsored by DeSales Resources and Ministries
Where & When
Saturday, August 7, 2010 with a LIVE SIMULCAST in SEVEN locations
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern TimeWilmington, DE
(Location of live presentations)
Salesianum School
1801 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, DE 19802
_________________________________________ Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
1500 35th St., NW, Washington, DC 20007
_________________________________________ Sylvania, OH
Lourdes College
6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania, OH 43560
_________________________________________ Wilmington, NC
Immaculate Conception Church
6650 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC 28412
_________________________________________ Lewiston, NY
Stella Niagara Education Park
4421 Lower River Road, Lewiston, NY 14092 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Central TimeMendota Heights , MN
Convent of the Visitation School
2455 Visitation Dr., Mendota Heights, MN 55120
_________________________________________ St. Louis, MO
Visitation Academy
3020 North Ballas Rd., St. Louis, MO 63131
What Will the Day Include?- Three Presentations
- Shared Opening and Closing Prayer among ALL sites
- Additional materials available on site including a Salesian Marketplace
- Continental breakfast and lunch included
Back To Top Schedule| | Eastern | Central | | Registration/Continental Br./Marketplace | 9:00am | 8:00am | | Welcome and Morning Prayer (begin simulcast) | 9:40am | 8:40am | | The Visitation as Biblical Mystery, Joseph Chorpenning, OSFS | 10:00am | 9:00am | | Break | 10:45am | 9:45am | | Prepared Response (2) | 11:00am | 10:00am | | The Visitation as Community, Wendy M. Wright | 11:20am | 10:20am | | Break | 12:05pm | 11:05am | | Prepared Response (2) | 12:20pm | 11:20pm | | Lunch and Salesian Marketplace | 12:40pm | 11:40pm | | The Visitation as Commitment, Joseph Boenzi, SDB | 1:30pm | 12:30pm | | Prepared Response (2) | 2:15pm | 1:15pm | | Closing Prayer | 2:35pm | 1:35pm |
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CostFree Will Offering
We need your generous donation to help cover the cost of 1) presenter stipends and travel, 2) simulcast technology, 3) facility costs, 4) continental breakfast and lunch, and 5) administrative costs. Your early donation at the time of registration would be appreciated or donate on the day of the conference. If you are able to help us with an early donation or are unable to attend this year, but still wish to support our Salesian Ministry:
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The Visitation as Biblical MysteryThis presentation will explore St. Francis de Sales’s particular interpretation of the Biblical mystery of the Visitation. While we often consider this mystery as only the encounter of Mary and Elizabeth, Francis’s approach is expansive: it embraces all the persons and events in the entire story so as to break open the Visitation as a relational, and specifically, a family mystery. Francis also invites us to participate in this mystery by responding to divine inspirations in our own lives, by receiving the Eucharist, and by practicing charity and humility, “the chief virtues which urged [Mary] to make this visitation.”  | Fr. Joseph F. Chorpenning, O.S.F.S., is editorial director of Saint Joseph’s University Press in Philadelphia. He is also chairman and English-language member of the International Commission on Salesian Studies (ICSS), whose biannual newsletter he edits as well. His publications on Salesian themes include Francis de Sales, Sermon Texts on Saint Joseph in the Peregrina Translation Series (2000), and the edited volume Human Encounter in the Salesian Tradition: Collected Essays Commemorating the 4th Centenary of the Initial Encounter of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal (2007). |
The Visitation as CommunitySaints Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal knew that the Visitation is not only a biblical story or a theological statement. It is also a “spirit” that comes alive in people as they relate to God and, especially, with one another. This talk will explore some of the many different ways that the relational mystery of the Visitation, which is at the heart of the Gospel, has been made real. Since the key to this realization is discovered in a “quality of heart,” the spirit of the Visitation can be incarnated in many lifestyles and by varied personalities. We will consider these diverse incarnations historically and in today’s everyday life.  | Wendy M. Wright is Professor of Theology Creighton University and holds the John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities. Her Salesian themed publications include Bond of Perfection: Jeanne de Chantal and François de Sales; Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal: Letters of Spiritual Direction (with Péronne-Marie Thibert and Joseph F. Power), Francis de Sales: Introduction to the Devout Life and Treatise on the Love of God; Sacred Heart: Gateway to God; and Heart Speaks to Heart: the Salesian Spiritual Tradition. |
The Visitation as CommitmentThe mystery of the Visitation is the beginning of evangelization. Mary who is called, is now sent, and where does she arrive but among those who are waiting and longing for a visit from the saving God. The Gospel is immediately proclaimed, and those whose ears are touched by the Word, who are filled with the Spirit, become, in turn, those who proclaim Good News and Blessing. The whole passage in Luke becomes an icon for evangelization and education to the faith that then becomes a model for the apostolic community and the Church, Francis’s missionary apostolate in the Chablais, and Don Bosco’s ministry to youth who are poor and abandoned.  | Joseph Boenzi, SDB is a Salesian of Don Bosco and faculty member at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Institute of Salesian Studies at Berkeley. He teaches courses in Salesian spirituality, Church History and Ecclesiology. Since 2005, Fr. Boenzi has been a Visiting Professor of Spiritual Theology at the School of Theology of the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. His expertise and interest in St. Francis de Sales has made him a much requested speaker in everything Salesian. |
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