by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Visitation Sisters are not the only heirs of the spirit of St. Francis de Sales. Over the centuries new religious families have emerged in the Church: laity associations or priests, united in this particular way of living the Gospel. Meeting them at Thorens-Glière...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
450th birthday: Pilgrimage to the homeland of St. Francis de Sales A pilgrimage from the diocese of Eichstätt leads to the Savoy landscape and thus to the homeland of St. Francis de Sales. The program revolves around the life and work of the saint whose anniversary of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Holy Lent to all! Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud particularly loved St Joseph in whom she had unlimited confidence! Protector of the Guard of Honor, we can invoke him with this same confidence, assured that his paternal heart will allow himself to be touched...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 3, 2017 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Uncategorized
Dear friends, Guards of Honor and dear faithful readers, Holy Year to each and all your families! As with every new year, we extend our best wishes to our loved ones and to all those we meet … But dare we say to them: “This year put all your trust in God,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
My dearest daughter, I had to write the first letter of this year to Our Lord and Our Lady, and here is the second in which, O my daughter, I will wish you a good year and that we dedicate our heart to divine goodness. May we we live this year, and use it as the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
December 8, 1602: Episcopal ordination of St. Francis de Sales in the church of his baptism in Thorens December 13, 1641: death of St. Jeanne de Chantal at the Visitation de Moulins 17 December 1887: birth of the servant of God Mother Maria Angélica Alvarez Icaza in...