by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 19, 2016 | Saintly Visitandines
Ever since Saturday, April 25, 2015, the crypt where the body of Léonie Martin (1863-1941), sister of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, rested is no longer a place of contemplation and prayer for pilgrims. The tomb in the crypt of the Visitation Monastery at Caen where the body...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 9, 2016 | Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Our second excerpt of a book called An Abridgement of the Interior Spirit of the Religious of the Visitation of Holy Mary may assist those discerning a vocation to our way of life, or others interested in growing in their inner spiritual life. We encourage your...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2016 | Guard of Honor, Saintly Visitandines
Christ is risen, Christ gives us life and pours waves of mercy! What can we miss when we become aware of this extraordinary gift? Our foundress, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, offers us this reflection for this month. The gift of God! “If you knew the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 23, 2016 | LENT, Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
Our Lord Jesus Christ taught complete abandonment to the Father when He was on the Cross. This Holy Week we will once again hear His cry “My God, My God, why Have You abandoned Me?” Visitandine Mother Ponnet sheds light on this act of abandonment for our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2016 | Holy Year of Mercy, Saintly Visitandines
The inspiration of our Holy Founder St. Francis de Sales, to form a congregation of women after the meek and humble Heart of Jesus, the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, have drawn women from the very beginning who would be given the grace to have merciful hearts...