by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 26, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
“When the unhappy troop of diabolic spirits, revolting from their Creator, essayed to draw to their faction the holy company of the blessed spirits, the glorious S. Michael, animating his comrades to the fidelity which they owed to their God, cried with loud...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 25, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
The Feast of the well known and loved St. Vincent de Paul occurs on Saturday, September 27th. He was Founder of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul as well as the Congregation of the Mission, or Vincentians, as they are known. So what was the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 24, 2014 | Events
Today the Brooklyn Visitation Monastery celebrates 159 years since its foundation in 1855 and Thursday Oct 2, The Minneapolis Visitation Monastery will rejoice in its 25 years of foundation! Whether old or young, the Visitation communities continue to “live...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 22, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality
Next week two important Feasts will be celebrated: The Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, Sept. 29th and the Feast of the Guardian Angels, October 2. Angels have always been revered in the Visitation Monasteries. The devotion to these blessed Celestial Spirits has...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 22, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
In what ways have you been tempted with vanity? Have you ever wondered whether religious still have to struggle with vanity? Fr. de Caussade says that we must “examine peacefully this frightful interior ugliness.” How can one do this? What is frightful about it? How...