by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2024 | Visitation History
Description of the church. A vast rustic door, decorated with the arms of the house, between these pediments of the Doric order, which looks out over one of the most beautiful streets of the city, gives entrance to a small courtyard, through which one approaches...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 30, 2024 | Visitation History
7 September 1688 : Blessing of the 1st chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, within the walls of the monastery of the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial, at the request of Saint Margaret Mary. .September 14, 1594: Saint Francis de Sales begins the mission of the...
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...