by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 28, 2024 | Guard of Honor
August 2024 Jesus, the only comforter All human consolation is weak because it is poor in truth, poor in hope, and especially poor in love. So why seek human consolations so eagerly? Have the disappointments of the past not yet convinced us of this triple poverty of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized, Visitation History
Election of Mother Anne Françoise Chardon 1642. Thus passed the two triennials of our very Honored Mother Jeanne Françoise de Saint-Vincent; in 1642, we elected our Very Honored Mother Anne Françoise Chardon. She had made her profession in our Monastery of Annecy for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 27, 2024 | Visitation History
The Foundation Project in Lyon We had seen how Madame des Gouffiers had met three Ladies in Lyon who, like her, wanted to place themselves under the direction of the Bishop of Geneva. They were Madame d’Auxerre (Marie-Renée Trunel), Madame Chaudon (Anne-Marie Bellet)...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2024 | Visitation History
Disasters of wars. However, the war was wreaking terrible havoc, the horses and cattle of our farm were taken away, the crops of several years taken or completely ruined. Our dear Turn Sister Jeanne Gabriel Gallois, was so affectionate for the good of the house, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Joys and sorrows of our holy Founder The work of reforming the priory of Talloires weighed heavily on his arms for a long time. He would have liked to install the Feuillants (reformed Cistercians) there, but the Abbot of Savigny, on whom the priory depended, opposed...