by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 22, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news
One knows that the grace of the novitiate years has been effective when a novice asks for, and is welcomed, for her First Vows. Brooklyn Visitation Monastery’s Sisters are pleased that August 15th, The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother, has been...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 21, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Sister Susan Marie: I did not send the newsletter this week; but we thought the interior life a fit subject. Jul 20 2014, 7:15 PM Sister Susan Marie: I see you are thinking of consecrated life still Ca: Yes, me too, since all we do hinges on it. Yes, I am still...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 20, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH
July’s Mystic of the Month comes with a unique twist: we feature a venerated Benedictine Monk who had a special relationship with a Visitation Monastery. The monk: Dom Prosper Gueranger The Monastery: Visitation of Le Mans The story: It was 1822 and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
On the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the first Postulant of the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community was welcomed in a ceremony in the choir of Georgetown Visitation Monastery. Sr. Mary Berchmans presented the Posulant, Keri, with a copy of the Introduction to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 15, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales
God is Present in the Holy Mass Just as the Passover meal marked the Israelite’s freedom from slavery in Egypt, the Mass too is a celebration of Christ’s death and resurrection – our victory from slavery to sin and death. How great in importance is...