by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 20, 2014 | Events, Vis Alum, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Sat, Sept 20th, in Como, Italy, an alum of the Visitation Sisters Boarding School of Como was beatified in the Cathedral there. Beatification Mass video: Blessed Mother Giovannina Franchi was the Foundress of the Congregation, Congregazione delle Suore Infermiere...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 20, 2014 | Visitation News
Our Sisters in the flourishing Visitation Monastery of Tarascon France have a new website: http://www.visitation-tarascon.com/ Enjoy!
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 18, 2014 | Events, Visitation News
Over the years many fascinating persons have visited Monasteries. As the Brooklyn Visitation Monastery prepares for its 159th anniversary of foundation on September 24th, the Sisters have reviewed their community history, discovering some prominent religious and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 17, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
Traditionally, why were mirrors not available in Monasteries? Was it possible that vanity was a fault among some religious? How do you cope with the temptation to vanity? Jesuit Father Jean Pierre de Caussade addressed this issue with a Visitation Nun centuries ago...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 15, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How does your heart resonate with this approach in these tremulous times? 2.How have you put too much hope in yourself and your talents instead of into God? 3.What are the ways that you struggle to hope in God? What are the ways that help you hope in God? 4.Do you...