On the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, Saint Jeanne de Chantal, Marie-Jacqueline Favre, Jeanne-Charlotte de Bréchard and Anne-Jacqueline Coste shut themselves up in the little “house of the Gallery” to attend to the perfection of divine love. Saint Francis de Sales gives our Blessed Mother a compendium of our Constitutions. The Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary is founded. Read more…
June 6, 1611: Saint Jeanne de Chantal, Sister Marie-Jacqueline Favre and Sister Jeanne-Charlotte de Bréchard make their Oblation at the hands of Saint François de Sales.
June 9, 1849: Entry into the Monastery of the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse by Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, future founder of the Honor Guard of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She will begin her postulancy at the end of the following month. .
June 10, 1611: Saint Francis de Sales informs Saint Jeanne de Chantal of the intuition he received during the night, of what will be the coat of arms of the Order of the Visitation and its motto: “Long live Jesus! »
June 11, 1899: Pope Leo X]]] consecrated mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
June 16, 1793: Birth in Soyhières (Swiss Jura) of the Venerable Mother Marie de Sales Chappuis, nun of the Visitation (Monasteries of Fribourg, Paris, Troyes).
June 16, 1875: Laying of the first stone of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre.
June 16, 1941: Death of the servant of God Sister Françoise-Thérèse (Léonie Martin), whose beatification process is in progress, at the Visitation monastery in Caen.
Between June 13 and 20, 1675: “3rd great apparition” – Jesus discovers his Heart to Saint Margaret Mary and says to her these words: “Behold this Heart which has so loved men…”
June 20, 1671: Entry of Saint Marguerite-Marie into the monastery of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial.
June 21, 1686: The image of the Sacred Heart is venerated for the first time by the Community of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial.
Friday, June 24: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus On this day the Apostolic Penitentiary grants plenary indulgence to members of the Guard of Honor under ordinary conditions. See the Spiritual Roots page for more information. Each member is invited to celebrate this feast with fervor, preparing for it through a particular approach, such as through a novena.