by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
“O Woman, Great is Your Faith” Matthew 15:28 The new St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community at Georgetown Visitation Monastery will be holding a discernment weekend Friday August 15-Sunday August 17, 2014. Come and join us for a weekend of prayer and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 27, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Over the past few years several of our Visitation communities have welcomed Sisters from other congregations for a period of time to live within the cloister as they pursued educational studies or other concerns. We’ve recently hosted both Chinese and Vietnamese...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 22, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news
One knows that the grace of the novitiate years has been effective when a novice asks for, and is welcomed, for her First Vows. Brooklyn Visitation Monastery’s Sisters are pleased that August 15th, The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother, has been...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
On the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the first Postulant of the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community was welcomed in a ceremony in the choir of Georgetown Visitation Monastery. Sr. Mary Berchmans presented the Posulant, Keri, with a copy of the Introduction to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 12, 2014 | Events, Visitation News
“I am the Handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me as you say” The Second Federation of the Visitation in the USA held a Federation Assembly to elect new leadership June 30-July 5, 2014. We had chosen the theme, Let Go, Let Come, Be, to reflect our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 11, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news
Entering religious life always takes courage, perseverance and a special grace from the Holy Spirit. Imagine the enormous blessings upon the candidate when she enters a fledgling discernment community like the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community! Associated with...