by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 3, 2014 | Visitation News, Vocation news
Monastic Beauty: It may be stark, or it may be rich. It will touch your five senses and it will enfold your soul. Monastic life, monastic environment, monastic prayer, monastic horarium, monastic music, monastic architecture all nourish the spiritual life of the soul,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 31, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Vocation news
At the Annunciation, God’s will was made known very clearly through Gabriel! Although our vocational callings are often more subtle, in what ways we can better open our ears – and hearts – to hear God’s will? Particularly in Lent, how can we...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 26, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Mary’s “Yes” to her Vocation can Inspire us to Reply “Yes” to Ours Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership As we focus on our own vocations in life, let us remember the simple woman who responded perfectly to God’s call for her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 24, 2014 | Discernment with DeSales, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
St. Francis de Sales’ sermon for a Religious Profession on the Feast of the Annunciation of 1621 highlights the beauty of the call of God to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose vocation became so clear on that day. St Francis quotes the Song of Songs,” Let Him...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 22, 2014 | Visitation News, Vocation news
Two professed at the Monastery of the Visitation in Scy-Chazelles Sister Maria Teresa and Sister Françoise-Marie pronounced their first vows of chastity, poverty and obedience January 24, 2014 Feast of Saint Francis de Sales, the monastery of the Visitation in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 19, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Exciting things are happening in our quiet, contemplative Monasteries! From England, we have received the good news that the Visitation Sisters have moved into their new monastery! Take a peek at their new home, here:...