by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
March 5, 1604: Saint Françis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal there. It is the start of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say later: “The Visitation is the fruit of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2021 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
A wonderful four part series about a Visitandine from Italy was published in an Italian newspaper this past month! You can read the original articles here as well as see the photos and pictures of the Sister and her surroundings: Part 1:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
St.. Claude de la Colombiere, whose Feast is February 15, was St. Margaret Mary’s spiritual director. His sibling was also a Visitandine, like his spiritual daughter! Let’s go a few leagues from Lyon to breathe the scent of a virtue well hidden from the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 15, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
When St. Francis de Sales spoke of martyrdom, he probably had no idea that nearly 400 years later Sisters of the Order he founded would have the privilege of dying for their faith. But indeed this did happen to seven Spanish Vistandines in 1936, who were beatified in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 9, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
NiNth day – devotioN to the MoSt holy VirGiN Greeting That the Spirit of Jesus keep us united and of one accord in love that we may come to have among us the same sentiments that Christ had. Song Prayer for each day Prayer to obtain grace and favors through the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 10, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Anne-Madeleine Rémuzat (1696-1730) is a Visitandine from Marseille, who died at the age of 33. In July 1720, the famous plague of Marseille broke out, which decimated nearly half of the city’s population. In October, while she was in adoration, Christ made her...