by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
St. Jane de Chantal was a woman of Faith who experienced temptations against the faith! St. Vincent de Paul said of Jane Frances: “She was full of faith, yet all her life had been tormented by thoughts against it. While apparently enjoying the peace and easiness of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 26, 2012 | Events, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
New Year’s Resolutions are a tradition. Over 400 years ago in France, even St. Jane de Chantal recommended them to her spiritual daughters,the Visitation Nuns. She said, “We must make strong and absolute resolutions, that if Our Lord gives us the coming...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 18, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
One cannot be devoted to the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ without acknowledging the role played by a Visitation nun of Chambery, France, Venerable Mary Martha Chambon, in the renewal of this devotion.This humble and illiterate lay Sister was mystically...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 14, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
What better way to pray in Advent than with the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary? Visitandine Sister Benigna Consolata Ferrero (1885-1916) of Como Italy, was known as the “little Secretary of Jesus”. She responded to the Lord’s offer to suffer for peace during...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 10, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints, Vocation news
Sunday’s chat reached full capacity as we shared our thoughts about this holy season. How does one foster an intense desire to wait for Christ during Advent? Can we expect our ardor to grow as Advent progresses? How can we experience this fervor as we carry out...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 9, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Servant of God Mother Maria Angelica Alvarez Icaza (1887-1977 )was a Visitation Nun from Mexico. Her cause is before the Holy See, and this year, 2012, the Positio Super Virtutibus, or the statement on her virtues, is under discussion by the Consultant theologians in...