by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 28, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Charity Lived To the Full” Chapter 2 of Pope Francis’ third apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exultate, tackles two central challenges to holiness: contemporary gnosticism and contemporary pelagianism. Before addressing them and their intersection with Salesian...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 27, 2018 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
AM VisitationSiste: Gaudete et Exsultate Questions to ponder The title of this new exhortation from the pope comes from Matthew 5:12. Here is the context of that verse: “Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 27, 2018 | Guard of Honor
The month of May dedicated to The Virgin Mary opens with St Joseph worker and ends with the Visitation! Between the two, we will celebrate no less than three great Solemnities: Ascension, Pentecost and the Holy Trinity! That’s enough to rejoice and nourish our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 20, 2018 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
This winter, our Holy Source, the Visitation Monastery of Annecy, welcomed a number of international Visitandines to live in their community. Among them is one Sister from the United States. Here they are enjoying the snow within the cloistered...