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Latest News on Sacred Heart Apparition Jubilee
Most Reverend Benoît Rivière, Bishop of Autun, has decreed a one-and-a-half-year Jubilee to commemorate the 350e anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary, Visitandine religious of Paray-le-Monial in the XVIIe century. The...
The Farm at Annecy Visitation
“Before the monastery, there was already a farm! And until 1995, the community exploited it. These facilities are our heritage” analyzes Sister Marie-Adrienne, Visitandine nun. A heritage that had been abandoned as the community aged. But the recent arrival of younger...
Newsletter for Sunday Chat Sept 17
Abandonment is Worthy of Being Practiced by the Children of God This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence by St. Francis de Sales, which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article,...
Sunday chat September 10
Why do you think Our Lord chose to make Our Lady a pivotal part of our faith? Doesn’t it risk detracting from Christ as the focal point?Discuss St. Francis’s remarks that females should not be travelling excessively. He mentions there was a time and place for Paula...
In Memory of Father Francois Corrignan
Father François Corrignan was the most recent Assistant General of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary, from 2013- 2023. He died on August 25, in the hospital of Auray, in France. He had retired to the Maison Saint-Joachim a few weeks ago, after having been a canon of...
Newsletter for Sunday Chat September 10
Finding Peace in Simplicity This week we read part of a letter from St. Francis de Sales to-the Baronne de Chantal, written from Viuz-en-Sallaz on 24 July 1607.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the letter, which is reproduced below, and review the...
Remembering St Teresa of Calcutta’s Visit to Brooklyn Visitation
Our community in Bay Ridge is recalling Mother’s visit to our Monastery in 1986. That day is recalled every evening at recreation when one of us sits in the CHAIR that Mother Teresa sat in! The metal plaque on this chair recalls the exact date of Mother Teresa’s...
Sunday chat Sept 3
ep 1, 6:12 AM SrSusan (Guest): What does tranquility look like here on earth? And how is it similar/different compared to the tranquility we experience in heaven?If God calls us “good,” why does St. Francis instruct to recognize our misery? He...
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