August 3, 1903: Birth in Heaven of Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud (Nun of the Visitation and founder of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) at the Monastery of the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse. She promises the Honor Guards that from up there she will not forget them.
August 5, 1861: On the feast of Our Lady of the Snows (dedication of the Sainte Marie Majeure basilica), blessing of our Nantes Chapel, the construction of which had just been completed. Celebration of the first Mass.
August 11, 1859: Blessing and laying of the first stone of our Nantes Chapel, on the feast of Saint Philomena.
August 12: Solemnity of Saint Jeanne de Chantal, founder of the Order of the Visitation Saint Mary.
August 19: Feast of Saint John Eudes († 1680), totally devoted to the Heart of Jesus and Mary. In 1668 he composed a Mass and an Office in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
August 21, 1567: Birth of Saint François de Sales, founder of the Order of the Visitation, at the Château de Thorens.
Monday August 22, 2022, on the feast of Marie Reine:
Centenary of the proclamation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joan of Arc as principal and secondary patronesses of France
All Catholics are invited to come to the basilica of Paray-le-Monial to join in the consecration of France to the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary, by dedicating themselves personally to it.
August 23, 1856: Blessed Pius Ⅸ, an illustrious member of the Guard of Honor, extends the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to the entire Catholic Church.
August 24, 1907: Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey (priest of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary), in prayer at the Chapel of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, feels confirmed in his call to promote the social reign of the Sacred Heart by the enthronement of his image in the families.
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August 27, 1944: Birth in Heaven of Sister Marie-Angélique Millet at the Visitation monastery in Caen.
August 28: Feast of Saint Augustine, whose Rule serves as the basis for the Constitutions of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary.