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Sister Susan Marie

Chatting about:retreats&spiritual direction

Sunday July 8th chat focused on retreat experiences and the need for spiritual direction in our lives. Sister: Welcome to tonight’s chat! The Jul 6-8 retreat posted about a while back took place here in Brooklyn this weekend with 3 wonderful women  Have you been on a spiritual retreat? What was your experience? Jul 8 [...]

Visitandine Vocations & St Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales, the Founder of the Visitation Order, had very definite ideas about the way God works with women to draw them into religious life, and he shared his profound thoughts  with the first community of Visitation Nuns in Annecy, France. If you have ever pondered whether you might have a vocation to the [...]

July Mystic of the Month

Venerable Louise Margaret Claret de la Touche Mystic of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for His Priests Margaret de la Touche was born in 1868 in France and entered the Visitation Order in 1890. Our Lord chose her to live her religious life for the clergy. Jesus said to her, “My priest is my other [...]