March 5, 1604: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal, it is the starting point of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say: “The Visitation is the fruit of the journey to Dijon.”
March 13, 1863: Foundation of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the day after the vision of the Dial of the Archconfraternity that Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, a nun of the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse, received from Heaven, with the revelation of the spirituality of this Work that she had the mission to found.
19 March: Solemnity of Saint Joseph,celestial shrine 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.
March 21, 1907: Death in the odour of holiness of Sister Marie-Marthe Chambon, humble lay nun of the Visitation of Chambéry, and apostle of devotion to the Holy Wounds of Our Lord. (Beatification process in progress: marie-marthe-chambon.fr
March 24, 1606: Saint Francis de Sales, founder of the Order of the Visitation, preaches Lent at the Senate of Savoy, in the church of the Dominicans, in Chambéry. It is then that he is illuminated by the rays projected on him by a large crucifix placed in front of his pulpit. It was Good Friday. The crucifix is now in the chapel of the Visitation in Thonon-Marclaz