by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 29, 2013 | St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
“Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders. “Where does Jesus send us?” he asked World Youth Day pilgrims July 28. “There are no borders, no limits: He sends...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 17, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Leonie Martin, (the sister of St. Therese of Liseux), who was a Visitation Nun, and in Profession, named Sister Francoise Therese, knew what it was to struggle emotionally. From a difficult childhood and youth and a few false starts in religious life, she grew to be a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 3, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
What is a mystic? Can a contemplative religious nun who is faithful to her vocation and life of prayer be considered a “mystic” in some ways? See what you think after reading the extraordinary life of the Visitation Nun who was Saint Therese of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 1, 2013 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
This newly published book, in French, on the Visitandine Foundress of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, (Hour of Presence) can be obtained for 18 euros with an additional 2 euros for postage, from the Secretariat of the Guard of Honor in Paray le...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 26, 2013 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Leonie Martin’s first step to sainthood: bishop grants imprimatur for prayer Mgr Jean-Claude Boulanger, bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux, granted the imprimatur for a prayer that Leonie be declared venerable Dear Léonie our Sister, You have already intervened with God...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 18, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
The Visitation Monastery of Turin, Italy, where Sister Jeanne Benigne Gojos spent most of her religious life, had the honor of being the first among the Monasteries of Italy to see flourish within its walls the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The community had...