by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from St. Francis De Sales Conference 20 Candidate: I am drawn to the religious life but I am not strong enough to do as I want. I’m afraid to begin this journey. St. Francis De Sales: Courage, my dear daughter, I have told you several times that religion is...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Adapted from Conference 20 of St. Francis de Sales Candidate: ” I thought that to be a good nun, it was enough to desire to pray well, to have visions and revelations, to see Angels in human form, to be ravished in ecstasies, to be fond of reading good books. ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 27, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
So, according to St. Francis de Sales, what is the true motivation for entering religious life? The Saint shared his thoughts with the early Visitandines.(Conference 20) “I say, then, my dear daughters, that our only intention ought to be to unite ourselves to...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 25, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
We are beginning a short series on discerning a vocation with the Visitation Order, based on St. Francis de Sales’ own conference (Conference 20) on why one should become a religious. You are welcome to join in this series with your comments on this page or in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 2, 2012 | Visitation News, Vocation news
On January 1, 2012 the Visitation Monastery in Brooklyn welcomed a new postulant who joined two novices and a temporary professed Sister in the novitiate. The new postulant traveled from Michigan, her former home, to be part of this praying community in the “Big...
by Vis Editor | Jun 30, 2011 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Vocation news
A unique opportunity to discern your vocation with the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary will be offered starting Sunday, July 3rd, 2011. Throughout this month of Sundays, all your vocation questions and other queries about monastic and contemplative life will be...