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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 30, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Religious Vows Help Us to Better Imitate Christ The Eucharistic Christ is the focus not just of the religious, but of all faithful Catholics. Due to their vows however, the religious are better able to imitate their savior. But why poverty, chastity and obedience? In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 30, 2013 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, Visitandine Foundress of the Guard of Honor/Hour of Presence of the Sacred Heart, can prepare us for the upcoming Feast of the Holy Souls, November 2. She wrote: “At this time of the year when the Church mentions...