by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 11, 2020 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Beatification of Léonie Martin . The bishop of Calvados deposited the dossier in Rome. On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Bishop Jean-Claude Boulanger, Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux, deposited with the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome the twelve boxes containing the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2020 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
A City saved! It was 1720, and again in 1722, in Marseilles, France, that the bubonic plague devastated the city.But prayer and penance to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the mystical understandings of the cloistered Visitation nun Anne Madeleine and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Using the story of Abraham, St. Francis demonstrates the sacrifices that one must make to keep one’s desires fixed on the Lord. How does this apply to us? At the command of God, Abraham left country, kinsfolk and his father’s house, to journey into a strange land. To...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
In these days of heightened concern and caution regarding the epidemic facing our countries, Visitandines can follow the example of Holy Mother St Jane de Chantal when she dealt with the Plague in 1628-1631. Bishop Emile Bougaud recounts the story, which we excerpt, a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
THE FIRST MEETING OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES AND ST JANE DE CHANTAL, CO-FOUNDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION OF HOLY MARY! The initial encounter on 5 March 1604 between Francis de Sales and Jane deChantal during the Lenten sermons held in Dijon is described by their...