by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
on the Feast of the Presentation, November 21 St. Jane de Chantal, the Foundress of the Visitation Order, gave an exhortation in 1629 about the Sisters’ disposition in renewing their vows on the Feast of the Presentation on November 21st. She encouraged, ” Look...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 28, 2024 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Uncategorized
Reflections:How can we be best prepared for judgment (either at our death, or the final judgment at the end)?Do you think the fire that will consume the earth at the end of time is figurative or literal, or both?At the time of the resurrection of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized, Visitation History
Election of Mother Anne Françoise Chardon 1642. Thus passed the two triennials of our very Honored Mother Jeanne Françoise de Saint-Vincent; in 1642, we elected our Very Honored Mother Anne Françoise Chardon. She had made her profession in our Monastery of Annecy for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone: this is the work of the Lord, the wonder before our eyes. (Ps 117, 22-23) […] making himself a companion of our sufferings so that we become companions of his glory. By this abundant, superabundant,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Amelie Deluil Martiny (1845-1872) was the younger sister of Blessed Marie Deluil Martiny, Mother Marie of Jesus (Born in 1841, during her life Mother Marie consecrated herself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and ultimately was martyred. She was beatified by St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The beginning of this excerpt gives advice to share time between father and father-in-law. St. Francis seems to equate them on the level of family, but today we often see blood family as taking precedent over family that is created through...