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,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 17, 2017 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
The Sisters of the Monastery of the Visitation of Caen have the joy of inviting you to the Eucharist presided by Monsignor Boulanger, Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, on the occasion of the deposition of the shrine of the Servant of God Sr. Francoise-Therese, Léonie...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 12, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines
Saturday January 14 is the 103rd anniversary of the passing of Visitandine Foundress and Mystic, Mother Marie-Madeleine Ponnet (+ 1914). She entered the Visitation of Lyon-Fourvière, and led the foundation of Lyon-Vassieux in 1896, which was established as the abode...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 30, 2016 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation Saints
The servant of God: Anne-Madeleine Remuzat Sister Anne-Madeleine Remuzat was born in Marseille on November 29, 1696 into a very pious family and was baptized the very same day in the Church of Accoules. Very early on Anne manifested her desire to become a religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 10, 2016 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Outreach
Dryness, cravings: necessary purifications. Dryness and weariness in the spiritual life are necessary as a paternal purification, so that by detaching yourself from yourselves, from your own joys, you may prove to God your Father an affection above your likes and your...