by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 10, 2013 | Visitation Saints
She saw the light of day in El Ferrol ( La Coruña) on May 23, 1881 , the eldest of five siblings. She was graceful , kind, calm , always smiling . Her father Emilio Barrera, commander of the Navy, met her every whim. But her mother, Maria Izaguirre , combined the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 9, 2013 | Visitation Saints
November 18th will be the Feast Day of seven Blessed Visitation Nuns who were martyred for their faith during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and beatified in 1998. We introduce you to each one during this month: Blessed Maria Gabriela Born in the picturesque and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 7, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Contagious Love is Shown by These Religious Sisters Five Catholic sisters from different orders share their response to the vocation of religious life in the beautiful and compelling documentary “Light of Love”. As our Pope Francis writes in Lumen Fidei,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 6, 2013 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Louis de Montfort, well known for his work on the Blessed Mother called True Devotion to Mary, was also familiar with the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, to the extent that he even wrote a hymn the the Sisters of the Visitation!, as well as many to the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 5, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
Mother Anne Marguerite Clement VHM An early Visitandine and Foundress of the Visitation of Melun Born in Franche -Comte, May 7, 1593 to John Clement and Marguerite Bellin Anne -Marguerite Clement showed as a child ardent piety and founded a small organization to...