by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 17, 2014 | Visitation News, Vocation news
On the Feast of St. Margaret Mary, the Brooklyn Visitation Monastery welcomed Kim as a candidate to the community, who traveled from Tennessee to the shores of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where we are located. Please pray for her as she begins her spiritual journey with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 16, 2014 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
We were delighted to discover in the October 2014 issue of MAGNIFICAT magazine, the art essay on St. Margaret Mary! If you have not read it, you can access it here: https://www.magnificat.net/english/flip_com_oeuvre/index.html In addition to a good review of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 15, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
In the light of the current and serious concern of ebola and other viruses, it seemed wise to look to the heroines of our Visitation order who faced plagues in the past, especially our Foundress, St. Jane de Chantal. Visitation Nuns were outstanding in their response...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 14, 2014 | Events, Sacred Heart, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Has the world forgotten about God? What is important in life? The next government scandal? Our favorite movie idol? Or is it heaven, our Creator, and Jesus Christ, who is the source of all love? How can anyone be so unconcerned? In fact, Jesus mourns the world’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 13, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
• How do you think marriage and religious life are similar? How different?• St. Francis de Sales speaks about the mutual love of turtle doves. How is married love different than the the “love” that animals share?• St. Francis quotes Ephesians 5:25,...