by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 3, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Ven. Mary Martha Chambon was blessed to experience the presence of the Lord Jesus with her almost continually. She sensed Our Lord Jesus say to her one time, “My heart is wide, My Heart is tender. The wound of My Heart is deep enough to contain all your needs.”In...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 2, 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 | Jan 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Companion to a Visionary: When the archbishop of Lyons invited the Visitation sisters into his diocese in 1615, he stipulated that they change their way of life. Instead of visiting the sick, he wanted them cloistered—out of contact with the outside world. Jane...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 20, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Foundress of a New Order: Once Jane’s children were more settled, Francis outlined his vision for a new type of religious community. Requiring only a simple vow of celibacy, it would accommodate women who wanted to join together in loving God and neighbor, but who...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 19, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
This is part of a series of articles on the lives of Visitation saints and holy persons. Look at the “Recent Activity” in the column to the right for other articles. Then, in March 1604, Jane’s father invited her to hear Francis de Sales preach. This young...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 18, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
One way to prepare for the Feast of St. Francis de Sales on Tuesday, January 24th is by getting to know his spiritual friend, St. Jane de Chantal, a little better, for a person is known by his friends. (Credit goes to Sr. Christine of the St. Louis Visitation...