by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 14, 2021 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History
It should not be believed that devotion to Saint Joseph dates from today. This glorious Patriarch has been honored for a long time, especially in religious communities. We read in the life of Sister Marie-Marguerite de Valbelle de Saint-Symphorien, Visitandine...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 14, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
The great Doctor of the Church and bishop of Geneva, St. Francis de Sales, was not only a faithful devotee of the Guardian of the Redeemer but his avid proponent as well. St. Francis de Sales made St. Joseph the special Patron of the religious order he founded, the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 18, 2021 | St. Jane de Chantal
Devotion to St. Joseph is intrinsic to the Visitation Nuns. Foundress St. Jane de Chantal had a deep devotion to the earthly, fatherly protector of Jesus. She was encouraged in this devotion by co-founder St. Francis de Sales, who called on St. Joseph as the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
by the Superior of Annecy Visitation Who is Joseph? To Joseph, God “entrusted the care of his most precious treasures ”. Joseph is a village craftsman: he is a carpenter. Human labor, in especially manual labor, takes on a special emphasis in the Gospel. He...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 14, 2021 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The Holy Father has called for a year of St Joseph Dec 2020- Dec 2021. As we prepare also for the Feast of St Francis de Sales on January 24, we will post excerpts of his thoughts on St Joseph from his Spiritual Conferences, Chapter 19, on the Virtues of St. Joseph....