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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 17, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Within the Catholic world, June is known as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is a month of true love, Sacred Love, Love of the Divine Heart. An early Visitation Nun, Sr. Jeanne Benigne Gojos, (1615-1692) was deeply mystical and united to the Heart of Jesus....
by Sister Susan Marie | May 29, 2013 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Pope Francis will lead a worldwide hour of Eucharistic adoration on Sunday, June 2, the Vatican has announced. Cathedrals all across the world will hold an hour of Eucharistic adoration at the same time, inviting the faithful to pray for the Pope’s intentions. The...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Continuation… Margaret Cassidy received the holy habit in the Georgetown Visitation Monastery in 1913, receiving the new name of Sr Mary Imelda. A year later she was professed, pronouncing her vows. In the meantime the Superior of Georgetown Mother M Agnes Faulhaber,...