by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 10, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the First Foundation of a Visitation Monastery on the continent of Africa, in Loango, Repubic of the Congo. French Visitation Nuns brought the charism of St Francis de Sales to Africa and since then, many Congolese Sisters as well as...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 4, 2014 | Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
The Holy Father Pope Francis has designated 2015 as the Year of Consecrated Life (10/14-11/15) The Sisters of the Visitation hope to enter the celebration this year with the spirit of their Founders and share with you aspects of our charism of humility, gentleness,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 3, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Vocation news
Why do you think Bl. John Paul II started the World Day for Consecrated Life? How can our prayers help the religious? The mystery of the incarnation is celebrated on the Feast of the Annunciation, and again on Christmas. Would the incarnation still have meaning,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
It’s No Coincidence the World Day for Consecrated Life shares a Feast Day Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership There’s a lot of feasts taking place this Sunday. Since 1997, February 2nd has been the World Day of Consecrated Life. It’s also the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2014 is also dedicated as the World Day for Consecrated Life. St. Francis de Sales spoke some of his thoughts about this Feast. In his sermon on Feb. 2, 1622 this Founder of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
This extract from the Preface of the Constitutions of the Visitation Order, written by our Founder, St. Francis de Sales, captures the inner disposition of this extraordinary Doctor of the Church, toward the Institute he was inspired to found.