by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 31, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
November 1st is All Saints Day in the Catholic calendar. St. Francis de Sales instructs us how we should regard them, call on them and learn from them. He said in his “Introduction to the Devout Life”, “Inasmuch as God continually sends us...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 30, 2014 | Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Year of Consecrated Life
The Mercy Project in Lare, Kenya is a special inspiration of a Georgetown Visitandine who has founded the organization to help the people of that region. Its success is encouraging and its needs remain ongoing. Many young lives have been changed in a very positive way...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
The month of November has always been dedicated to prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Visitation Order’s early history reveals a mystic amidst the Annecy community who had a special mission to these Holy Souls. She was Sister Marie Denise de Martignat, of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In these days when we pray especially for our dear departed, here is the advice of the Foundress of the Guard of Honor: Purity of intention A thing is pure when it is free of any mixture or of any foreign body in its own essence , that is to say, it is in perfect...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 27, 2014 | Events, Year of Consecrated Life
This letter from the Congregation for Consecrated Life is the second in a series, following the initial letter, “Rejoice”. In Italian, an English version will be available in the future. The letter “Scrutate” invites us “to watch over the...