by Editor | Nov 28, 2018 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Gratitude A year will come to an end and join all those that we will find at the threshold of our eternity. As time passes, a feeling of infinite gratitude must grow in our hearts and penetrate our thoughts. Indeed, from the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as an ever-open...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
There is much to consider here! Is Saint Francis telling us that a true sign of discipleship is the degree of one’s suffering and tribulation? Believers and non-believers alike go through any degree of suffering and tribulation. What makes the suffering of a...
by Editor | Nov 25, 2018 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Meditation on Christ the King by St Francis de Sales Sunday November 25 is the Feast of Christ the King. Instituted long after the life of our Founder, St. Francis de Sales, this Feast nevertheless was “anticipated” by St Francis in one of his meditations from...
by Editor | Nov 25, 2018 | Advent, Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
The nuns of the Visitation Monastery of San Vito al Tagliamento send a Christmas tree for the Mater Ecclesiae monastery where Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI lives There is the big Christmas tree that stands out every year in Piazza San Pietro. Even Casa Santa Marta,...
by Editor | Nov 22, 2018 | Visitation Outreach
Happy Thanksgiving from all Visitandines!! Gratitude & St. Jane de Chantal As our national holiday of Thanksgiving is here, we can reflect on thoughts of St. Jane de Chantal, our Foundress, regarding the spirit of gratitude. “Generally we ought to treat all sorts...