by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 5, 2021 | Holy Year of Mercy, Visitation History, Visitation News
Every year we have been sharing the various connections between the European Visitation Sisters and the Divine Mercy devotion, painting and St. Faustina, especially from Lithuania and Poland. This year we introduce you to a 100 year old Visitandine in Poland who met...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2021 | Museum of the Visitation, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
Source:https://www.musee-visitation.eu/publication/fees-des-re/ Waste sorting and eco-packaging are essential. Upcycling – that is, creating new objects from old ones – seems to be a novelty in fashion. In our so-called consumer society, it is sometimes...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 30, 2021 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
April 2, 1787: The Superior of the Visitation of Annecy makes known to the whole Order the 5 visions of a Sister and from whom Jesus asked for a renewal of devotion to her Sacred Heart and the propagation of his worship. This is what triggered the creation and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
March 5, 1604: Saint Françis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal there. It is the start of one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He will be able to say later: “The Visitation is the fruit of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2021 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
A wonderful four part series about a Visitandine from Italy was published in an Italian newspaper this past month! You can read the original articles here as well as see the photos and pictures of the Sister and her surroundings: Part 1:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
St.. Claude de la Colombiere, whose Feast is February 15, was St. Margaret Mary’s spiritual director. His sibling was also a Visitandine, like his spiritual daughter! Let’s go a few leagues from Lyon to breathe the scent of a virtue well hidden from the...