by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 25, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Sister Susan Marie: St Francis is a good model for our increasingly violent world Aug 24 2014, 7:19 PM Sister Susan Marie: Several years ago the Visitation Srs has a motto- a gentle presence in a violent world Sister Susan Marie: But St Francis gentleness was not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 23, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Salesian week: The joy of the Gospel August 24, 2014 A week to pray and reflect with St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, to be held at the Church of the Visitation of Annecy, France. Every day, a Mass is offered at 6:30PM with a homily on a specific theme...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 22, 2014 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
This month we begin a series on Visitation Nuns who were not only mystics, but stigmatics. One of the earliest for whom we have a short biography is the Sister we feature this month, Sister Marie-Clemence Mourade who entered her heavenly reward just 5 years after our...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 20, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales
Today is the Feast of St. Bernard. St Francis de Sales often looked toward him as a model. He had many references to him in his Introduction to the Devout Life, and one whole chapter was devoted to him in regards to an example of prayer. Here it is:Part 4 chapter 23...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 19, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
Enjoy these photos of Sister Synthia Helena’s First Profession at Brooklyn Visitation Monastery!