by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 7, 2019 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Pastoral Letter of Most Rev. Benoît Rivière, Bishop of Autun Click for the printable PDF English version of the pastoral letter. Note : third...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 2, 2019 | Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Daily prayer for souls in Purgatory:”O Lord, almighty God, we beseech you, by the very precious blood of Jesus, poured out during his Passion, to deliver the souls of Purgatory, and especially those which must as soon as possible enter your Glory, so that they...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 3, 2019 | Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
Dijon was the birthplace of the Foundress of the Visitation Order, St. Jane de Chantal. The first English translation of the Visitation Monastery there has just been published. First English Translation; The First English Translation of Records of the Monastery of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 12, 2019 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Today, August 12th, is the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane de Chantal, who, with St. Francis de Sales, began the first Visitation Monastery in 1610. We Visitandines honor St. Jane as our Holy Mother. You too can invoke her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 19, 2019 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
As we begin our Novena tomorrow in preparation for the Feast of the Sacred Heart on June 28, 2019, we will feature Visitation Sisters who have especially loved the Sacred Heart of Jesus and promoted this devotion. Of course we are quite familiar with St Margaret Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 28, 2019 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History
Here is a poor French Visitandine, of the rank of servants, who had the pains of the Passion. Daughter of honest merchants, Gertrude Elisabeth d’Origny was born in Troyes. Entering the monastery of Saint-Denis, near Paris, she spent her life in the kitchen and...