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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 19, 2020 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Saturday February 22, the diocesan inquiry devoted to Léonie Martin will be officially closed in Caen. The beginning of a long process. By Célia Caradec...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2020 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Where is the process of beatification of Léonie, the sister of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux? Save the date of February 22, 2020. It will mark the end of the diocesan trial for the beatification and canonization of Léonie, the sister of Thérèse de Lisieux. Fragile...