by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 12, 2015 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
Two Sisters from both the First and Second Federations of the Visitation Order in the United States are planning to accept the invitation from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and attend the special week in Rome called “Consecrated Life in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 11, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
The Proper Disposition for Renewing Vows Live+Jesus On Sunday we will chat about vows. The renewal of vows is approaching this November 21. St. Jane de Chantal, the Foundress of the Visitation Order, gave an exhortation in 1629 about the Sisters’...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 8, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
In our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday, we’ll talk about how this video struck each us. Here are some questions to ponder. Were you surprised at the testimonials given by the Sisters in any way? Are the lives of the Sisters similar to a family? It’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 7, 2015 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
On Sunday we will chat about our life in a monastery. St. Francis de Sales saw a need for a women’s religious community that did not have the demands for austerity, as did the other communities. So he, along with St. Jane Frances de Chantal, founded the Order of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 7, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH
Marie-Catherine Durye (1607 -1686) Born in Moulins in 1607, the daughter of a lawyer, Marie-Catherine entered the novitiate of the Visitation Monastery at 17, but she suffered frequent ailments that closed the door of the rank of choir sisters to her, so she became...