by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 18, 2021 | St. Jane de Chantal
Devotion to St. Joseph is intrinsic to the Visitation Nuns. Foundress St. Jane de Chantal had a deep devotion to the earthly, fatherly protector of Jesus. She was encouraged in this devotion by co-founder St. Francis de Sales, who called on St. Joseph as the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
What danger lies in giving way to scrupulosity?What can we do to avoid scrupulosity?Though God asks much of us, what does it mean to entrust everything to his hands?Why is it important to not be overly concerned with our successes and whether we fully...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
March 5, 1604: Saint Françis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal there. It is the start of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say later: “The Visitation is the fruit of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
by the Superior of Annecy Visitation Who is Joseph? To Joseph, God “entrusted the care of his most precious treasures ”. Joseph is a village craftsman: he is a carpenter. Human labor, in especially manual labor, takes on a special emphasis in the Gospel. He...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 2, 2021 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
February 3rd is the Feast of St. Blaise for whose intercession we traditionally ask for protection against diseases of the throat, with a ritualistic blessing. Visitation’s Foundress, St. Jane, was cured through his intercession. Here is the story, from Emily...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
Anna Michelotti was born in Annecy in Haute-Savoie (at the time the territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia), on 29 August 1843, the third child of Gian Michele Telesforo Michelotti, a Piedmontese emigrant from Almese and Pierina Mugnier-Serand from Annecy. She is...