by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of St. Francis of Assisi: religious and mendicant. St. Francis of Assisi was Francis de Sales’ namesake and patron. No surprise, then, that Francis de Sales held Assisi in great esteem and mentioned him many times throughout his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 3, 2012 | Visitation News
The Visitation Monastery in Minneapolis was founded on October 2, 1989. This year’s anniversary was celebrated with a video to share the history of our Monasteries in Minnesota. View it here: “Daughters of Prayer” — On the Anniversary of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 2, 2012 | Visitation News
After Mass with a Cardinal at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery with our Visitandines in the Vatican, they spent a few moments in the library chatting. The Swiss Guards were convinced that the Cardinal would leave the Monastery by the door through which he had entered and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 1, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach
An open forum led to an interesting chat about prayer, among other topics: Sister: stillness- which is the way to the inner life:Hesychasm Sep 30 2012, 7:40 PM C: what is hesychasm? Sister : It’s a form of silent prayer and inner stillness that the Orthodox...