Memento of the month
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of St. Francis de Sales, in the church of his baptism, in Thorens.
December 13, 1641: Birth in Heaven of Saint Jeanne de Chantal at the monastery of the Visitation of Moulins, at the age of 69.
December 17, 1887: Birth of the Servant of God Mother Maria-Angélica Alvarez Icaza (Religious of the Visitation) in Mexico City. Her beatification process is ongoing.
December 18, 1593: Priestly ordination of St. Francis de Sales.
27 December 1673: 1eraof the three great apparitions of Our Lord to Saint Margaret Mary (Religious of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial). Jesus, as he did for St. John, the beloved Apostle whom the Church celebrates on this day, makes her rest for a long time on his breast, and then discovers to her the inexplicable secrets of his Sacred Heart.
December 28, 1592: Marriage of Saint Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot (future founder of the Order of the Visitation) with Christophe de Rabutin, Baron de Chantal.
December 28, 1622: Birth in Heaven of Saint 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 the whole Order to deploy more zeal to spread devotion to the Heart of Jesus. Shortly after, at the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse, the Community commissioned Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud to seek ways to respond to this call of the Lord: she would soon found the Guard of Honor.