by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
A few Golden Maxims from our Foundress’s writings: We must support inconveniences with great courage, remaining unshaken in this truth: Seek first the Kingdom of God and His justice and all things shall be added unto you. If we cast all anxious and troubled...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
August 3, 1903 : Death of Sister Marie du Sacré-Cœur Bernaud (Religious of the Visitation and founder of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart) at the Monastery of the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse. She promises the Honor Guards that from up there she will...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood. The feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord was instituted in 1849 by Pius IX, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 3, 2021 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
How do we serve God with gentleness? What might this look like? In praying, “Father, may it be done not as I will, but as you will” how do we recognize what is the will of the Father? Consider the paragraph about Mary Magdalene. What does it mean for God...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 1, 2021 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Theme of this edition: “The Heart speaks to hearts”. Three days at the school of Saint Françis de Sales. and Saint Jane de Chantal Three days to go to the source of the heart of Jesus, with the Sisters of the Visitation Saturday May 29 10 a.m. – Mass at the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 18, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
The participation of St. Françis de Sales in the promotion of the cult of Saint Joseph highlights the emotional relationship between Jesus and his earthly father On March 17, 1611, St. Françis de Sales evokes this “great Saint, who so often pampered our Savior...