by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 30, 2024 | Visitation History
7 September 1688 : Blessing of the 1st chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, within the walls of the monastery of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, at the request of Saint Margaret Mary. .September 14, 1594: Saint Francis de Sales begins the mission of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 29, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
God Desires That We Should Love Him The following article is taken from a chapter in Treatise on the Love of God by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced below, and review...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2024 | Vocation news
The Diocesan newsletter from Annecy France made the following announcement: Vie consacrée Profession solennelleSoeur Sylvie-Marie Guerrón sera admise à la profession solennelle le 7 septembre à 14h30, au cours d’une messe célébrée par Mgr Le Saux, en la...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2024 | Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
St. Augustine said, “Put charity in a heart and everything profits, take charity away and nothing profits.” Given that Visitation’s Founder, St. Francis de Sales, is known as the Doctor of Divine Love, we can understand why he followed St. Augustine...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2024 | Guard of Honor
His Will, Not Mine “My Father, let your will be done and not mine.” This word does not express resignation, but it reveals, in the divine soul that uttered it, a perfect state, that of abandonment. To resign oneself is the act of a love that still struggles amidst the...