by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 16, 2021 | Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
Eleanor Roere was born in Turin on the first day of October in the year 1638, the day on which our worthy Mother de Chantal and her virtuous daughters arrived in this city to establish a Monastery. Does it not seem that the Institute of the Visitation came to receive...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 14, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The great Doctor of the Church and bishop of Geneva, St. Francis de Sales, was not only a faithful devotee of the Guardian of the Redeemer but his avid proponent as well. St. Francis de Sales made St. Joseph the special Patron of the religious order he founded, the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2021 | Museum of the Visitation, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
Source:https://www.musee-visitation.eu/publication/fees-des-re/ Waste sorting and eco-packaging are essential. Upcycling – that is, creating new objects from old ones – seems to be a novelty in fashion. In our so-called consumer society, it is sometimes...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2021 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
April 2, 1787: The Superior of the Visitation of Annecy makes known to the whole Order the 5 visions of a Sister and from whom Jesus asked for a renewal of devotion to her Sacred Heart and the propagation of his worship. This is what triggered the creation and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2021 | LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Outreach
Dear friends, This first Friday in April places us under the gaze of the crucified and I would like, with Saint Margaret Mary, to give you back a strong word of Jesus: “let me imprint on you my suffering image”. It is not suffering that the Lord imprints...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 29, 2021 | Guard of Honor, LENT, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Dear Honor Guards, On these holy days, the Passion of Jesus resonates especially with us, Guardians of Honor. It is indeed at the foot of the Cross that we stand during our Hour of Presence, in the continuity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, St John and St Mary...