by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
This month we begin a series on Visitation Nuns who were not only mystics, but stigmatics. One of the earliest for whom we have a short biography is the Sister we feature this month, Sister Marie-Clemence Mourade who entered her heavenly reward just 5 years after our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
V+J Tuesday August 12th will be the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane Frances de Chantal. The well-known Cardinal Berulle, founder of the French Oratory, once said of St. Jane that she was one of God’s greatest lovers on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 2, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
In August 1891, Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart invited the Guards of Honor to be faithful and consistent with God’s Will. Vacation time lends itself to this kind of spiritual deepening. See the tips that our founder gave to help us in our thinking: Fidelity...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2014 | Guard of Honor, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
“I looked for comforters and I did not find them! “What a painful complaint of our Lord! Complaint that He wanted to meet you in enrolling in the Honor Guard. This God betrayed, seeking consolation, what a sight! Alas, this is what we offer too often in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 10, 2014 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
The Visitation Monastery in Paray-le-Monial, France was the site of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Imagine what it would be like to visit there! We did, as Visitandine Pilgrims during our 400th anniversary year! These are...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 17, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
The venerable servant of God, Maria Angelica Alvarez Icaza ,a Visitation Nun, could be the first Mexican mystic inscribed in the book of the saints , but we are still in the process of canonization and are required to have the first miracle for her to be declared...