by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 19, 2022 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
A jubilee year for the Visitation Order begins on January 24, 2022 to end on December 28, 2022. We are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the entrance into eternal life of our Foundre St Francis de Sales. A plenary indulgence is given under the normal...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
The Apostolic Penitentiary has granted a Jubilee Year to the Visitation Order in honor of the 400th anniversary of the entrance into eternal life of St Francis de Sales, Founder of the Order, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. A plenary indulgence may be gained during...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2022 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Day 1:”Here I am, I have come, my God, to do your will”(Hb, 10, 7) Prayer of Saint Jeanne de Chantal “Lord, sovereign goodness,I abandon myself in your arms, in joys and sorrows.Take me wherever you like.I will not look at the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 17, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
How did St Jane and St Vincentarrange the spiritualk direction sessions together? Even when the requirements of new houses called Jane away from Paris for a time, she failed not to communicate with her director by letter ; and several of these touch ing memorials of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 16, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
After St./ Francis de Sales died in 1622, St Vincent de Piul became St. Jane’s spiritual director. How had this come to be? It was in the year 1622 tliat Vincent accepted the office of spiritual director to the nuns of the Order of the Visitation of St. Mary at...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2021 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
2022 marks the 450th anniversary of birth of St Jane de Chantal and the 400th anniversary of the death of St Francis de Sales. To highlight these dates a variety of Salesian events are being planned. Fr Jim Greenfield OSFS, President of DeSales University will deliver...