by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2023 | Advent, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
a poem by St Margaret Mary Alacoque translated by website 1 Behold, I am waking up, To offer in turn To this love doll My heart and my earTo hear it and love it And always set me on fire .2 But I hear him crying , Because of the coldness That he finds in our hearts....
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 1, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of Saint Francis de Sales in the church of his baptism in Thorens. December 13, 1641: Saint Jeanne de Chantal is born in Heaven at the Monastery of the Visitation in Moulins, at the age of 69. December 17, 1887: Birth of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 30, 2023 | Advent, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
and with the words of Mother Anna Maddalena Benucci, VHM, Visitandine(1899-1993, Rome Visitation) Source: “Image et paroles d’une Mere” (Monastery of the Visitation of Rome, private publication) Week One: HUMILITY Sunday December 3 In thought I come...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 27, 2023 | Advent, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (December 3, 2023) “Expectation full of hope!” Salesian Perspective For St. Francis de Sales, the celebration of the Advent season was the high point of the liturgical year. He loved celebrating the season of Advent because he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2023 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
1er November 1720 : Monseigneur de Belsunce consecrated the city and diocese of Marseilles to the Sacred Heart. November 6, 1672: Profession of Saint Margaret Mary (mystical nun of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, who received from Christ the mission of...