by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 18, 2015 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
On the Feast of the Presentation, Saturday November 21, 2015 Sr. Mary will make her temporary Profession of the Vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. All the Professed Sisters of the Visitation will also renew...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 18, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Simplicity versus Violence. Who Wins? Live+Jesus On Sunday we will chat about the simplicity of the Gospel. Simplicity is the sign and seal of the Gospel, because it is the distinctive feature, the very nature, of the Savior. From the first moment of His...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 18, 2015 | Visitation Saints
Pray this prayer to the 7 Blessed Visitation Martyrs of Madrid and notify us if you receive the favor you requested: Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Youcrowned with the palm of martyrdomBlessed Maria Gabriela and hercompanions. We ask You to grant us thegrace to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 17, 2015 | Saintly Visitandines, Visitation Saints, Year of Consecrated Life
Visitandine Martyrs When St. Francis de Sales spoke of martyrdom, he probably had no idea that nearly 400 years later Sisters of the Order he founded would have the privilege of dying for their faith. But indeed this did happen to seven Spanish Vistandines in 1936,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 16, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
If vows are once-and-for-all, then why do you think it is important to have them renewed? How might we see things similar to vows in secular society? How are religious vows and marriage vows related? How can married couples benefit from this idea of renewing vows?...