December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of Saint 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-Angelica Alvarez Icaza (Religious of the Visitation) in Mexico City. His beatification process is underway.

December 18, 1593: Priestly ordination of Saint Francis de Sales.

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era of 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 reveals to her the inexplicable secrets of his Sacred Heart.

27 December: Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist, heavenly patron of the Guard of Honour. On this day, the Apostolic Penitentiary grants a plenary indulgence to the members of the Guard of Honor under the usual conditions: confession 8 days before/after the feast, sacramental communion, prayer for the Pope’s intentions, detachment from all sins, even venial sins, renewal of the promise to faithfully observe the Statutes of the Guard of Honor. See the Spiritual Roots page for more information.

28 December 1592: Marriage of Saint Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot (future foundress of the Order of the Visitation) to 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 entire Order to deploy more zeal to spread devotion to the Heart of Jesus. Shortly afterwards, at the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse, the Community mandated Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud to look for ways to respond to this call from the Lord: she would soon found the Guard of Honour.