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Memory of Sister Ita Ford, M.M., Honored
view below: Sister Ita Ford Mural Unveiled at Brooklyn Alma Mater Fontbonne Hall Academy Honors Alum Sr. Ita Ford, also an alum of Visitation Academy, Brooklyn Sr. Ita was martyred in El Salvador with 3 other companions in December 1980
3rd Annual Father John Graden, OSFS Memorial Lecture
To Be Held December 12 2024
Sunday Chat Dec 1
Is it easy to honor God’s own remedy for a problem when it involves great difficulty? How can we do so?How can we learn to trust our Heavenly Father the way children trust their earthly fathers to provide for them and care for them?Do children just trust because they...
Reasons to Read the New Encyclical on the Sacred Heart
A blazing inferno An encyclical! Last June, at the time of the feast of the Sacred Heart, Pope Francis announced a document bringing together the reflections of the magisterium, but also a biblical, spiritual and pastoral journey retracing the history of devotion to...
Preparing for the Incarnation in Advent
with Sister Francoise Therese Martin (Leonie), Visitandine, Sister of St Therese of Liseux Sunday December 1, 2024 " What do we wish for each other, if not the love which became incarnate with the Son of God to set all hearts ablaze. The earth is therefore already...
Newsletter for Sunday chat Dec 1
"I Feel Much Pain, But Never Think of Remedies" This article is taken from a chapter in St. Francis de Sales Signature Set Volume II: Consoling Thoughts by Saint Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the...
Visitation Memories in December
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of Saint Francis de Sales, in the church of his baptism, in Thorens. December 13, 1641: Birth in Heaven of Saint Jeanne de Chantal at the Monastery of the Visitation of Moulins, at the age of 69. December 17, 1887: Birth of the...
Charity
Dear Faithful Guards of Honor, The year is coming to an end and already our eyes are on the Christmas holidays. The poverty of the manger reminds us that material things, of which the Son of God has stripped Himself, are secondary. If we are concerned about material...
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