by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 3, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
Live According to Reason and Devotion The following reflection is taken from a section in the book Roses Among Thorns: Simple Advice for Renewing Your Spiritual Journey, a book which consists of excerpts by St. Francis de Sales. It is published by Sophia Institute...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 31, 2023 | Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
August 3, 1903: Birth in heaven of Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud (Religious of the Visitation and foundress of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) at the Monastery of the Visitation of Bourg-en-Bresse. She promises the Guards of Honor that from...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 30, 2023 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room
How can we learn to become less anxious?What are mortifications and how can we “practice” them?Why is it important to give our all to the Lord and yet not try to over do it? Is that a contradiction?How might we be failing to recognize the Lord in our day-to-day lives?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 30, 2023 | St. Jane de Chantal
Preparation: Introductory prayer (to be said each day at the beginning of the prayer of the novena) Lord, in this novena dedicated to you, we present ourselves to you with Saint Jeanne de Chantal, patroness of our Order. We come to pray to you her company, with the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 30, 2023 | Visitation History
From the central piazza Italia to via Reggio Campi: history of the “transfers” of the monastery of Santa Maria della Visitazione between earthquakes and escapes in pursuit of peace. The religious community “located in the center of the city, on a...