by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 31, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
November 1st is All Saints Day in the Catholic calendar. St. Francis de Sales instructs us how we should regard them, call on them and learn from them. He said in his “Introduction to the Devout Life”, “Inasmuch as God continually sends us...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
The month of November has always been dedicated to prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Visitation Order’s early history reveals a mystic amidst the Annecy community who had a special mission to these Holy Souls. She was Sister Marie Denise de Martignat, of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 29, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In these days when we pray especially for our dear departed, here is the advice of the Foundress of the Guard of Honor: Purity of intention A thing is pure when it is free of any mixture or of any foreign body in its own essence , that is to say, it is in perfect...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 16, 2014 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
We were delighted to discover in the October 2014 issue of MAGNIFICAT magazine, the art essay on St. Margaret Mary! If you have not read it, you can access it here: https://www.magnificat.net/english/flip_com_oeuvre/index.html In addition to a good review of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 14, 2014 | Events, Sacred Heart, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Has the world forgotten about God? What is important in life? The next government scandal? Our favorite movie idol? Or is it heaven, our Creator, and Jesus Christ, who is the source of all love? How can anyone be so unconcerned? In fact, Jesus mourns the world’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 11, 2014 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
This month we continue to share the riches of our Visitation Monastery of Rosolini Italy in the person of Sr Elena Aneli who was born in Rosolini September 29, 1920, Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in a modest family with six children, three boys and three...