by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why should we accept sorrow as if it is coming from God? Doesn’t that go against God’s loving nature?If we are supposed to offer ourselves to suffer more, does that mean we shouldn’t be allowed to have leisure or enjoyable moments and instead just pursue sacrifice and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2024 | Museum of the Visitation
The finest embroidery: An exhibition on sacred art in Moulins By Michel Janva on June 6, 2024 For several years, the Visitandines have entrusted their treasures to the Visitation Museum in Moulins (03), which takes care to showcase the pieces placed in its custody....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2024 | Visitation History
Death of the Mother, election of Mother Jeanne Françoise de Cromont 1667. We tasted the sweetness of the conduct of our Most Honored Mother until February 21, 1667, when Heaven took away from us this treasure of virtue, in the midst of our tears and our regrets, she...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Accepting this Sorrow from His Hand This article is taken from a chapter in Consoling Thoughts on Sickness and Death by Saint 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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 20, 2024 | St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The Sweet and Gentle Struggle: Francis de Sales onthe Necessity of Spiritual Friendship Terence A. McGoldrickProvidence College The Sweet and Gentle Struggle: Francis de Sales on the Necessity of Spiritual Friendship (2014 eBook Version)...