by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 7, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH
Marie-Catherine Durye (1607 -1686) Born in Moulins in 1607, the daughter of a lawyer, Marie-Catherine entered the novitiate of the Visitation Monastery at 17, but she suffered frequent ailments that closed the door of the rank of choir sisters to her, so she became...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 1, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines
Our series of the Saintly Sisters of Nantes France was completed last month; this month we begin a short series on saintly Visitandnes of Moulins, France. The following two Sisters were contemporaries in the Visitation Monastery of Moulins. Sr. Marie-Marguerite...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 20, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints, Year of Consecrated Life
As September 27th, 2015 approaches, the Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart cared for by the Visitandines of Rosolini is preparing for the annual Feast of the Sacred Heart held in that city. We share the story of another of that community’s foundresses and Superior,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 9, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MP3s, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation News
The Sisters of the Visitation of Rosolini, Sicily, Italy were founded expressly to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus based on the prior efforts of Mother Carmela Aprile of that city. We have told this story before and are awaiting a modern film on Mother Carmela by Mr....
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 2, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines
This Visitandine of Nantes France was the daughter of a tradesman, a dyer of the late 17th century. She entered the Monastery of the Visitation of Nantes in 1690 and lived until the age of 86, a true Marian soul. She spoke with such fervor of divine Love that she was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 30, 2015 | Events, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints, Year of Consecrated Life
A recent interview with Bishop Ellul, author of the book about about the Visitandine of Marseilles, Ven. Anne Madeleine Remuzat, is very enlightening and interesting about the way the Lord has led him in the process for her beatification....