by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2017 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
March 5 1604: Saint Francis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal. It is the starting point for one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He can say: “The Visitation is the fruit of the journey of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2017 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
We began our reflection on Ash Wednesday with the thoughts of Mother Marie-Philomene du Gasset and this week we continue with her second talk. THE SPIRIT OF PENANCE AND HUMILITY The Church, at the beginning of this holy season, points out the dispositions we should...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2017 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Photos & videos, Sacred Heart
For several years we have been updating you about the progress of a film that encompasses a wide spectrum of interest for us as Visitandines: Mother Carmela Aprile( http://visitationspirit.org/2013/08/mother-rosolini-sept-mystic-of-the-month/ ) who was ultimately...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 28, 2017 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
This Lent we are sharing a treasure for meditation- rare conferences not easily found in English, by a Visitandine Superior, Mother Marie-Philomène Maujoüan du Gasset, of Nantes France, (1818-1896) whom we wrote about as a mystic in a previous post....
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
Over the past few years we have shared the stories* of several young girls abducted from their homes in Africa, similar to Saint Josephine Bakhita’s experience, who were, however, placed in Visitation Monasteries and Boarding schools. Some of these young women...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation Saints
http://www.leveildelisieux.fr/2017/01/25/apres-sa-soeur-et-ses-parents-leonie-martin-sur-la-voie-de-la-canonisation/http://www.leveildelisieux.fr/2017/01/25/apres-sa-soeur-et-ses-parents-leonie-martin-sur-la-voie-de-la-canonisation/ Thérèse Martin and her parents,...