by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 10, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Why do you think Our Lord chose to make Our Lady a pivotal part of our faith? Doesn’t it risk detracting from Christ as the focal point?Discuss St. Francis’s remarks that females should not be travelling excessively. He mentions there was a time and place for Paula...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 9, 2023 | Visitation History, Visitation News
Father François Corrignan was the most recent Assistant General of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary, from 2013- 2023. He died on August 25, in the hospital of Auray, in France. He had retired to the Maison Saint-Joachim a few weeks ago, after having been a canon of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 7, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Finding Peace in Simplicity This week we read part of a letter from St. Francis de Sales to-the Baronne de Chantal, written from Viuz-en-Sallaz on 24 July 1607.To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the letter, which is reproduced below, and review the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 5, 2023 | Events, Visitation History
Our community in Bay Ridge is recalling Mother’s visit to our Monastery in 1986. That day is recalled every evening at recreation when one of us sits in the CHAIR that Mother Teresa sat in! The metal plaque on this chair recalls the exact date of Mother Teresa’s...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 3, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
ep 1, 6:12 AM SrSusan (Guest): What does tranquility look like here on earth? And how is it similar/different compared to the tranquility we experience in heaven?If God calls us “good,” why does St. Francis instruct to recognize our misery? He...