by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 16, 2020 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Jesus offered himself for the Church, for each of us individually. What compelled Jesus to give his life for you?2. Saint Francis says that God “determined” the hour of his life events. Does this mean that everything is pre-configured by God and that we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2020 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Beatification of Léonie Martin . The bishop of Calvados deposited the dossier in Rome. On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Bishop Jean-Claude Boulanger, Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux, deposited with the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome the twelve boxes containing the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2020 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
A City saved! It was 1720, and again in 1722, in Marseilles, France, that the bubonic plague devastated the city.But prayer and penance to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the mystical understandings of the cloistered Visitation nun Anne Madeleine and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
In these days of heightened concern and caution regarding the epidemic facing our countries, Visitandines can follow the example of Holy Mother St Jane de Chantal when she dealt with the Plague in 1628-1631. Bishop Emile Bougaud recounts the story, which we excerpt, a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
THE FIRST MEETING OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES AND ST JANE DE CHANTAL, CO-FOUNDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION OF HOLY MARY! The initial encounter on 5 March 1604 between Francis de Sales and Jane deChantal during the Lenten sermons held in Dijon is described by their...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 26, 2020 | LENT, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Outreach
with St Margaret Mary Alacoque! (From her Life and Writings) Tuesday Second Week of Lent: ” To work or to suffer is all one to a heart that loves.” Monday Second Week of Lent: ” Like a faithful servant, you must forget yourself so as to work...