by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 15, 2013 | Visitation Saints
Born in Echávarri (Navarra ), on January 28, 1900 she was baptized the following day and given the name Agnes. (Ines)Her parents Frances Valentine Zudaire Galdeano , offered a Christian home imbued with the presence of God. The Lord blessed them with 6 children Agnes...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 12, 2013 | Visitation Saints
She was born on July 30, 1888 in Puerto Real ( Cádiz) , but lived in the capital of Spain for most of her life. Her father Juan Antonio Cavestany , was a great writer and great poet . Her mother , Margarita Anduaga was a model of a strong woman The Lord blessed her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 10, 2013 | Visitation Saints
She saw the light of day in El Ferrol ( La Coruña) on May 23, 1881 , the eldest of five siblings. She was graceful , kind, calm , always smiling . Her father Emilio Barrera, commander of the Navy, met her every whim. But her mother, Maria Izaguirre , combined the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 9, 2013 | Visitation Saints
November 18th will be the Feast Day of seven Blessed Visitation Nuns who were martyred for their faith during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and beatified in 1998. We introduce you to each one during this month: Blessed Maria Gabriela Born in the picturesque and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 5, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
Mother Anne Marguerite Clement VHM An early Visitandine and Foundress of the Visitation of Melun Born in Franche -Comte, May 7, 1593 to John Clement and Marguerite Bellin Anne -Marguerite Clement showed as a child ardent piety and founded a small organization to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 2, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
The Life of the Venerable Maria Margit Bogner, a Religious of the Visitation of Holy Mary of Erd, Hungary 1905–1933 A Violet in the Odor of Sanctity Translated from the Spanish by a Visitandine Declared venerable June 28, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI Spanish edition by...