by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 9, 2024 | Photos & videos, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Vocation news
and so does her dad, in this video (click on settings to see English subtitles) View here: Testimonio de mi hija Mónica, poco antes de ingresar en el convento. (youtube.com) or La vocación de Mónica a la Visitación – ReL (religionenlibertad.com) Transcription...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 1, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
Monthly Memo 1er October 1792 : The Sisters of the Visitation of Nantes are expelled for refusing to sign the revolutionary constitution. The monastery was transformed into a prison. October 4: Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, heavenly patron of the Guard of Honor. In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 19, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit At the end of December 1614, our holy Mother recommended humility and resignation to the ladies of Lyon “to serve as a magnet for the guidance of the Holy Spirit”. This theme will guide us throughout the year 1615. It...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Joys and sorrows of our holy Founder The work of reforming the priory of Talloires weighed heavily on his arms for a long time. He would have liked to install the Feuillants (reformed Cistercians) there, but the Abbot of Savigny, on whom the priory depended, opposed...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 24, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Treatise on the Love of God Our holy Founder is constantly interrupted in the writing of his work, which puts our holy Mother in difficulty, she said to him (Correspondence I Letter n°21): “I am greatly mortified when I know that you are being diverted to write in the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2024 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Some memories of the Sisters during these childhood years of our Institute. The community had welcomed a very simple young person, Claude Fardel, out of charity. At the time, an old building was being demolished and she had been tasked with collecting tiles. As the...