by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 28, 2024 | Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
St. Augustine said, “Put charity in a heart and everything profits, take charity away and nothing profits.” Given that Visitation’s Founder, St. Francis de Sales, is known as the Doctor of Divine Love, we can understand why he followed St. Augustine...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 24, 2024 | Visitation History
Death of the Mother, election of Mother Jeanne Françoise de Cromont 1667. We tasted the sweetness of the conduct of our Most Honored Mother until February 21, 1667, when Heaven took away from us this treasure of virtue, in the midst of our tears and our regrets, she...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 17, 2024 | Visitation History
Visit of the Queen. Around the same time, Queen Anne of Austria, passing through Metz, honored this little Community with one of her visits, she appeared, as well as her entire court, very edified by the modesty and contentment that appeared on the faces of all the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 9, 2024 | Visitation History
Election of Mother Claude Marie d’Ailly 1653. The two triennials of our Very Honored Mother Claude Marie Dauvaine having ended, we elected in 1653 our Most Honored Mother Claude Marie d’Ailly, professed of this House. She walked in the footsteps of those...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 31, 2024 | Visitation History
Election of Mother Claude Marie Dauvaine 1647. The respectable Mother Claude Marie Dauvaine being then deposited in our Monastery of Pont-à-Mousson, these dear Sisters granted permission to elect her to our redoubled entreaties; which we did with a unanimous voice on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 31, 2024 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation History
Sister Marie du Sacré Cœur Bernaud Next year, from April 24 to 27, we are organizing an international meeting of the Guards of Honor in Bourg-en Bresse, the cradle of the work. To prepare ourselves for this great event, which is also part of the Jubilee of the 350th...