by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 21, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Christening Men with New Names This article is taken from a chapter in The Catholic Controversy 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 the questions at...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
on the Feast of the Presentation, November 21 St. Jane de Chantal, the Foundress of the Visitation Order, gave an exhortation in 1629 about the Sisters’ disposition in renewing their vows on the Feast of the Presentation on November 21st. She encouraged, ” Look...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 19, 2024 | Formation Q&A of St. Jane, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
by Sr Marie Pierre The offering of the daughters of the Visitation In this Institute where one applies oneself “gently to the exercise of divine love”, it is by a total stripping that one offers oneself to his fire on “the mount of lovers”. In the text entitled...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 18, 2024 | Visitation Saints
By this they will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” How aptly these words of today’s Gospel reflect the attitude of s. Gabriela de Hinojosa and her six companions from the Congregation of the Visitation Sisters, who were...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 17, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
What is a Venial sin?Should we only reserve confession for mortal sins?Why do we need to differentiate types of sin? Why not try to avoid all sin?What can we do to avoid Venial Sins?If Venial Sins don’t exclude us from heaven, why not just deal...