by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 19, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
1. How are we to handle the temptations that come our way to not follow through on our commitments we’ve made?2. Reading between the lines, what do you think led up to this Sister’s temptation to leave the convent?3. What is the “love of self”...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 18, 2020 | Events, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
The closing Liturgy for the Jubilee Year of St Margaret Mary’s centenary of canonization was celebrated at Brooklyn Visitation Monastery with joy! His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan presided with the Mass concelebrated by Most Reverend Bishop Raymond Chappetto,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 12, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
Do you find it refreshing that St. Francis suggests prayer in such a simple way?2. Do you ever feel that your prayer life needs to look as close as possible to that of a cloistered nun for it to be meaningful?3. Adapting prayers according to our life circumstances:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 11, 2020 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
October 4, 1673: Saint Marguerite-Marie receives Saint Francis of Assisi as a special protector.October 7, 1875: Birth in Heaven of the Venerable Mother Marie de Sales Chappuis (monastery of the Visitation of Troyes).October 17, 1690: Birth in Heaven of Saint...
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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 29, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
Father Timothy Gallagher O.M.V. presents the life of St Therese’s Visitandine Sister, Leonie (Sr Francoise Therese). Here is Episode One:...