by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2023 | Guard of Honor
Each of us has our own program adapted to our personal situation: that we whether we are active or retired, secular or religious, our schedule is determined. But are we in the Will of God? This desire is manifested by the commandments of God and of the Church, by the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 1, 2023 | Guard of Honor
This year, the Honor Guard celebrates its 160th anniversary. Founded in 1863 by a Visitandine Sister Marie of the Sacré-Coeur, this association offers its members the opportunity to provide a daily Hour of Presence, at a time that suits them without leaving their...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2023 | Guard of Honor
November 2023 Departed souls With what impatience the souls still waiting for Heaven await our prayers! This devotion is intimately linked to devotion to the Sacred Heart. Saint Margaret Mary practiced it to a heroic degree. She understood that one of the sweetest...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 30, 2023 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
Mother Serafina Lemery, founder and first superior of the Monastery of the Visitation of Santa María de Burgos Our community of Burgos was founded in 1892, responding to a request from the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which gradually manifested itself to Sister. María...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 28, 2023 | Guard of Honor
Forgiveness This is a very difficult exercise – to forgive those who have hurt us! Yet our serenity and our spiritual survival are at stake! It is impossible to go through life without one day being deeply hurt, upset, even bruised, by a parent, a friend, a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 26, 2023 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
1er October 1792: The Sisters of the Visitation of Nantes are expelled for refusing to sign the revolutionary constitution. The monastery was transformed into a prison. October 4: Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, heavenly patron of the Guard of...