by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 2, 2012 | Visitation News, Vocation news
On Thursday, July 26th 2012, the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Ann, a Novice from the Visittaion Monastery in Brooklyn pronounced her first vows. Read about it here: When Infinite Love Claims Our Hearts When Infinite Love Claims Our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 11, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Are you discerning a call to religious life? Do you find yourself wavering in your decision, or in your understanding of God’s call to you? St. Francis de Sales, Founder of the Visitation Order, comprehended very well the delicate process of discernment. He...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2012 | Visitation News, Vocation news
The Monastic Immersion Experience is an opportunity offered by the Visitation Sisters of Minneapolis to women desiring an in-depth immersion into the monastic rhythm for a period of six months to a year. The first participant arrived on Jul 5th, and members of the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 10, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
St. Francis de Sales wrote sound advice about the ways we can discern a vocation to the consecrated life and cautioned us about imperfect tools of discernment. As Founder of the Visitation Order, he spoke to the early Visitandines about vocations, “If we desire...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 7, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
St. Francis de Sales, the Founder of the Visitation Order, had very definite ideas about the way God works with women to draw them into religious life, and he shared his profound thoughts with the first community of Visitation Nuns in Annecy, France. If you have ever...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 17, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
While the spirit of the Visitation rules is not limited to these few past exhortations by St. Francis de Sales, his comments do reflect the essence of the charism. ” Lastly, my dear daughters, we must love our Rules very much, since they are the means by which...