by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Part 2:Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales Reluctance The Very Reverend Father Brisson was professor at the Diocesan Seminary of Troyes and confessor to the Visitation Monastery in the same city. For more than thirty years he was daily importuned by the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Scientist, Skeptic, Spiritual Leader and Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Part 1 SCIENTIST Yes, a unique scientist will be beatified on September 22, 2012! His most notable invention? – an astronomical clock! One evening when he was watching the stars...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Sunday’s chat extended into realms other than those originally posted and one of the areas that emerged was the upcoming beatification of Ven. Louis Brisson, the Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Sister: I am going to digress to chat a bit about...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 6, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Venerable Louise Margaret Claret de la Touche Mystic of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for His Priests Margaret de la Touche was born in 1868 in France and entered the Visitation Order in 1890. Our Lord chose her to live her religious life for the clergy. Jesus said to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 30, 2012 | Visitation News, Visitation Saints
In a private audience on Thursday June 28, 2012 with prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, Pope Benedict XVI approved the “heroic virtue” of Servant of God Maria Margit Bogner,a professed Hungarian Nun of the Visitation...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 1, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
The month of June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Feast of His Heart falls on June 15th this year. Usually when the Visitation Order is recognized in relation to Jesus’ Heart, it is through His holy instrument, St. Margaret Mary. But other...