The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and Visitandines have a unique and very intimate relationship and history with the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
From our very foundation, St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, our founders, placed our congregation within the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. St. Francis wrote to St. Jane ” I thought we ought to take as our arms a heart pierced by two arrows, enclosed in a crown of thorns, this heart serving as a setting to a cross which will rise from there, and will be inscribed with the Sacred names of Jesus and Mary…Truly our little Congregation is a work of the hearts of Jesus and Mary. The dying Savior gave birth to us through the wound of His Sacred Heart.”
Over a multiple series of posts we will begin to introduce you to those Visitandines, some well known like St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, others less so like Venerable Maria Margit Bogner, who had deep prayer experiences of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Watch for these special Sacred Heart posts that will help to enhance your understanding and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as you learn how the Lord established the Visitation as a holy vehicle over the past 4 centuries to spread His Love through the souls of Visitandines and their associates.
