by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
translated by website 1Presenting St. Francis de Sales as an heir to Erasmian thought is not a new thing: in a fundamental article, published for more than forty years, L.-E. Halkin showed that Erasmus’ legacy was maintained throughout the century following his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 15, 2022 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
from our Monastery of la Visitation du Mans SUMMARY OF THE LIFE AND VIRTUES OF OUR DEAR SISTER Marie Dosithée GUERIN 1829-1877 Deceased in this Convent of the Visitation Sainte-Marie du Mans, February 24th, 1877, 48 years old, 17 years as professed at the rank of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 8, 2022 | Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History
on Mother Maria Amata Fazio Itala Fazio was born in Palermo on June 2, 1915. Her baptismal name, clearly patriotic in the climate of the First World War, became in religion Maria Amata, a name that we all remember with filial reference and simply: Mother Amata. It was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 4, 2022 | Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Where St Francis de Sales was Inspired to start the Visitation Order of Holy Mary
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2022 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
On July 2, 1688, two years before her death, the saint Margaret Mary saw Christ seated in flames that represented the burning fire of his love. On the right, Blessed Mother has her face turned towards Margaret Mary. Our Lady entrusts her with this message: the Sisters...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 29, 2022 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
July 2, 1688: (at the time, the day set for the feast of the Visitation) Saint Marguerite-Marie (nun of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial) contemplates in a vision the Heart of Jesus, surrounded by the Virgin Mary, Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Claude de la...