by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2022 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
“According to my judgment, it seems to me that the zeal for the salvation of souls was the dominant virtue in our Blessed Father; for, in a way, you would sometimes have said that he left the service that immediately looks to God, to prefer that of one’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2022 | St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach
This Jubilee Year for the IV Centenary of the entry into the Life of Saint Francis de Sales (28 December 1622) began with the 450th anniversary of the birth of Saint Jeanne de Chantal (23 January 1572). It has been rightly said that the perfect historian of a saint...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 31, 2022 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach
The Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, our Holy Mother, is celebrated on August 12. This year we will present a “novena” to spiritually prepare for the Feast, in a slightly different form. Meditations taken from a talk by a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2022 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Visitation Sr (Guest): What is the purpose of religious life? Is it simply a safe haven for people who want to escape the world and have an “easier” way to obtain holiness? Or is it something else?How do we find the balance of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 18, 2022 | Events, Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
This symposium is part of the 4th Centenary of the death of Saint Francis de Sales. 1622-2022. 400 years after his death, these “Interviews of Saint Germain” will take place in Talloires between the Abbey which once preoccupied François de Sales and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 4, 2022 | Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Where St Francis de Sales was Inspired to start the Visitation Order of Holy Mary