by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 17, 2018 | LENT, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
A Visitation Superior said to her community of Sisters: ” The great mystery the Church presents to our faith in these holy days imposes on us a respectful silence, rather than obliges us to speak, because all speaks, instructs, touches, penetrates, , and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2018 | LENT, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
A Visitation Superior exhorted to her community of Sisters, “I am persuaded, dear Sisters, that your charities are occupied during this time of grace and salvation, in nourishing your faith and piety according to the spirit of the Church. Let us try to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2018 | LENT, Monthly Mystic, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
The Prayer of Mother Anne-Regis Filliat “O Divine Lover of the Cross, in your example may I learn to love the crucifixion of the body and the spirit! »: “Whoever is called to work actively in the Lord’s Vineyard must learn, as the Divine Master...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 6, 2018 | Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
The Story of Maria Nazra, a rescued child,who lived and died in the Monastery of the Visitation of Valence, on December, 1855, about 14 years old. From a Circular Letter: Nazra and Companion Arrive at Monastery At the beginning of November, 1850, the respectable...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2018 | Saintly Visitandines, Visitation News
February 2: Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, a day of prayer for Religious and Religious of Apostolic Life. February 2, 1641: Birth of Saint Claude la Colombière near Lyon February 15, 1682: Death of Saint Claude la Colombière February 15, 1730: Death of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2018 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Vocation news
Today, many mature women seek out the Visitation Order to explore their vocation. This is not new to our communities. One holy example from the past is the Visitandine of Bensacon, France, Sister Anne Marie Worm.(1852-1925) Ms. Marie Worm was a pious person who had an...