by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 6, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sr. Mary de Sales Galerne VHM, did not have a long life, living only 37 years, from 1895 to 1932. But this French Visitation Nun managed to grow interiorly from a young person indifferent to religion in her early youth to one filled with profound spiritual wisdom,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Spiritual Conference of St. Francis de Sales, entitled, “The Virtues of St. Joseph”, or Conference 19, spell out quite clearly the characteristics the Founder of the Visitation Order wanted to emphasize in this Patron of the Monasteries. St. Francis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 4, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Founder of the Visitation Order, St. Francis de Sales, had inspiring thoughts about and great devotion to St. Joseph. We are sharing some of them during this month. St. Francis said, ” Oh, what a saint is the glorious St. Joseph! He is not only a patriarch,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 2, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
The General Religious Assistant of the Visitation Order is named by the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes after recommendations from the Order. The Assistant acts as a liason between the Order and the Holy See. The new General Religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
These extraordinary historical times and the touching farewells of our Holy Father, as reassuring as some would like them to be, can still shake the hearts of many faithful today. We turn to St. Francis de Sales for another short segment on his profound theology of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Contemplatives have been called upon in a special way to offer profound prayer as the Cardinals prepare to gather in conclave to elect a Pope suceeding Pope Benedict XVI. The Visitation Order and we Visitandines can uniquely prepare by meditating on our Holy...