by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
It’s No Coincidence the World Day for Consecrated Life shares a Feast Day Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership There’s a lot of feasts taking place this Sunday. Since 1997, February 2nd has been the World Day of Consecrated Life. It’s also the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2014 is also dedicated as the World Day for Consecrated Life. St. Francis de Sales spoke some of his thoughts about this Feast. In his sermon on Feb. 2, 1622 this Founder of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
This extract from the Preface of the Constitutions of the Visitation Order, written by our Founder, St. Francis de Sales, captures the inner disposition of this extraordinary Doctor of the Church, toward the Institute he was inspired to found.
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2014 | Events
Well, no responses to our question: When and where was a Visitation Monastery planned for Northern California? Which city and area? So here’s the answer! Monastery of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Piedmont Hills of California, San Francisco,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 27, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
The story of the Visitation – after which our Order is named – focuses on two unborn children, Jesus and John the Baptist In the Bible, children were seen as a blessing from God, and infertility was considered a curse. Why has the attitude towards children...