by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 5, 2017 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
The Feast of the Foundress of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, falls on Saturday August 12th, a week from today. Prayer is a perfect way to prepare to honor this Saint. Day 1: Omnipotent and merciful God,you gave St. Jane an admirable and ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation History, Visitation News, Vocation news
Today in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, a special Year of Vocations begins under the patronage of St. John Vianney, the Cure of Ars, whose Feast it is on August 4th. The Visitation Order of Holy Mary and the Cure of Ars are related in that several young women who...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2017 | Events, Photos & videos, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Reporter Michelle Powers visited Visitation Monastery to uncover different aspects of this unique monastic environment within Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 2, 2017 | Guard of Honor, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality
There are hours when life would not be supportable, or the soul would suffocate under the pressure of pain, if it could not rise higher, take refuge in the upper regions or reign with a peace that nothing could disturb . With the aid of this high heart, let us never...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2017 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
The “sorrow of the world” disturbs the heart Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership We continue our series with Part IV, Chapter 12, “Sadness and Sorrow,” from An Introduction to the Devout Life. Here Saint Francis...