December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of St. Francis de Sales
December 13, 1641: Death of St. Jane de Chantal at the Visitation of Moulins
December 17, 1887: Birth of the Servant of God Mother Maria Angelica Alvarez Icaza in Mexico
December 18, 1593: priestly ordination of St Francis de Sales
December 27, 1673: 1st of the 3 great apparitions of the Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary
December 28, 1622: Death of St. Francis de Sales in the house of the gardener of the Visitation of Lyon.
end of December 1862: A letter from the Visitation of Annecy invites all the Order to deploy more zeal to spread the devotion to the Heart of Jesus. soon after, at the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse, the Community invites Sr. Marie du Sacré Coeur to look for ways to respond to this call from the Lord.