by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 13, 2020 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation History
Coronavirus, besides staying at home, how can we protect ourselves? With the Shield of the Sacred Heart! The Lord asked Saint Margaret Maria Alacoque to make Shields with the Image of the Sacred Heart, so that all those who wanted to honor him could put him in their...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2020 | Events, Photos & videos, Visitation History
A new Polish film centers on Father Jan Zieja, (1897-1991) well known in Poland for his pacifist views and the organizations he founded, including the Workers Defense Committee. He was also the Chaplain to the Visitation Sisters in Warsaw from 1950-1959. The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2020 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Beatification of Léonie Martin . The bishop of Calvados deposited the dossier in Rome. On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Bishop Jean-Claude Boulanger, Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux, deposited with the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome the twelve boxes containing the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2020 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
A City saved! It was 1720, and again in 1722, in Marseilles, France, that the bubonic plague devastated the city.But prayer and penance to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the mystical understandings of the cloistered Visitation nun Anne Madeleine and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
In these days of heightened concern and caution regarding the epidemic facing our countries, Visitandines can follow the example of Holy Mother St Jane de Chantal when she dealt with the Plague in 1628-1631. Bishop Emile Bougaud recounts the story, which we excerpt, a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
THE FIRST MEETING OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES AND ST JANE DE CHANTAL, CO-FOUNDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION OF HOLY MARY! The initial encounter on 5 March 1604 between Francis de Sales and Jane deChantal during the Lenten sermons held in Dijon is described by their...