by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2018 | Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Over the past few years we have shared the stories of several young girls rescued from trafficking in Africa during the 1800’s and placed for safety in Visitation Monasteries. Every year we discover another group of Visitandines who wecomed these children into...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2018 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Vocation news
Today, many mature women seek out the Visitation Order to explore their vocation. This is not new to our communities. One holy example from the past is the Visitandine of Bensacon, France, Sister Anne Marie Worm.(1852-1925) Ms. Marie Worm was a pious person who had an...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2018 | Visitation History, Visitation News
Here is an obscure reality that we’d like to share with you: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. responded to a letter from a Visitation Sister back in 1963! Sr. Clare Therese Brandon VHM who went back to God in January 2011, was a remarkable religious. During the Civil...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 7, 2017 | St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History
December 7th is the Feast of St. Ambrose and St. Francis de Sales preached about his endearing qualities. Visitandines take note because it was St. Ambrose who helped to convert St. Augustine, whose Rule we follow in the Visitation Order. St. Francis de Sales said:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Vocation news
This recently published book tells the true story of the Visitation Order in Monaco and shares the life histories of some of the princesses who actually became Visitandine Nuns, and those who simply spent time in the Monastery. Prince Louis I, who succeeded his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation History, Visitation News, Vocation news
Today in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, a special Year of Vocations begins under the patronage of St. John Vianney, the Cure of Ars, whose Feast it is on August 4th. The Visitation Order of Holy Mary and the Cure of Ars are related in that several young women who...