by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 8, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
Juana Adelaida O’Sullivan and Rouley was born in New York, United States, on October 8, 1817 to a Catholic father and Anglican mother, being baptized in the Anglican Church. At a young age the girl decided to become a Catholic. At the death of her father, both...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 7, 2017 | Events, Visitation History, Visitation News
Swiss Guard: Friburgian Vincent Perritaz takes the oath in the Vatican 06.05.2017 by Jacques Berset, cath.ch https://www.cath.ch/newsf/garde-suisse-le-fribourgeois-vincent-perritaz-prete-serment-au-vatican/ Engaged in the Pontifical Swiss Guard since 1 June 2016,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 22, 2017 | Holy Year of Mercy, Sacred Heart, Visitation History, Visitation News
The deep devotion that Visitation Sisters have to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and our mission to spread this love since St Margaret Mary’s apparitions of the Lord, has also led many Visitandines to focus on the Divine Mercy devotion and Chaplet. In the hidden...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2017 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
March 5 1604: Saint Francis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal. It is the starting point for one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He can say: “The Visitation is the fruit of the journey of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
Over the past few years we have shared the stories* of several young girls abducted from their homes in Africa, similar to Saint Josephine Bakhita’s experience, who were, however, placed in Visitation Monasteries and Boarding schools. Some of these young women...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 28, 2016 | Events, Visitation History, Visitation News
Msgr. Fabio Fabene in Sanremo celebrated the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the Visitation nuns It was back in October 26, 1666 when the first four Sisters from Annecy Monastery, cradle of the Holy Order and the great Monastery of Nice, came from Nice by sea on...