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Newsletter for June 15 chat
The Fine Line Between Charity and Doing One's Duties Hi, Susan,For Sunday's Living Jesus Chat, we will again read an article from a book by St. Francis de Sales called Of Devotion, and of the Principal Exercises of Piety. It explores the importance of generosity in...
Witness to the Triduum of the Visitation
Find the testimony of a participant and the two teachings given by Father Etienne Kern, rector of the sanctuary of Paray le Monial. Testimony As part of the Triduum of the Visitation in Annecy, this Saturday, May 31, we enter into the contemplation of the pierced...
Sun chat June 8
How do obedience and liberty go together? Aren’t they mutually exclusive or contradictory?What does it mean to love obedience more than we fear disobedience?What does it mean for our hearts to be disengaged from all things?How do we “love and desire consolations” and...
Pentecost to the Feast of the Sacred Heart
Source: Livret-vingtaine-sc.pdf Let us set out with the Heart of Jesus, driven by the Holy Spirit! Week One Sunday, June 8, Feast of Pentecost Gospel of St. John 7:37-39 On the solemn day when the Feast of Tabernacles was ending, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone...
Pentecost June 8
The feast of Pentecost is rooted in the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which commemorated, 50 days after Easter, the giving of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai. Mary, the apostles and some disciples were gathered on this occasion. The Acts of the...
415 Years of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary!
On June 6, 1610, François de Sales and Jeanne de Chantal founded the Order of the Visitation in Annecy. It is to "give to God souls of prayer, however interior they may be found worthy of serving his divine Majesty in spirit and in truth." This interior life, hidden...
Newsletter for Sunday chat Jun 7
We Must Love Obedience More Than We Fear Disobedience For Sunday's Living Jesus Chat, we will again read an article from a book by St. Francis de Sales called Of Devotion, and of the Principal Exercises of Piety. It explores the importance of generosity in...
Text of Father Piazzi’s Talk on St Margaret Mary
May 15, 2025 Monastery of the Visitation - Soresina DON DANIELE PIAZZI «THIS IS THE HEART THAT HE LOVED SO MUCH» SUMMARY 1. St. Margaret Mary: biographical notes 2. The experience of St. Margaret Mary is in the wake of mysticism: what is it? 3. Devotion and worship of...
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