by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 10, 2020 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History
A City saved! It was 1720, and again in 1722, in Marseilles, France, that the bubonic plague devastated the city.But prayer and penance to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the mystical understandings of the cloistered Visitation nun Anne Madeleine and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 8, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History
In these days of heightened concern and caution regarding the epidemic facing our countries, Visitandines can follow the example of Holy Mother St Jane de Chantal when she dealt with the Plague in 1628-1631. Bishop Emile Bougaud recounts the story, which we excerpt, a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 5, 2020 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
THE FIRST MEETING OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES AND ST JANE DE CHANTAL, CO-FOUNDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION OF HOLY MARY! The initial encounter on 5 March 1604 between Francis de Sales and Jane deChantal during the Lenten sermons held in Dijon is described by their...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 19, 2020 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Saturday February 22, the diocesan inquiry devoted to Léonie Martin will be officially closed in Caen. The beginning of a long process. By Célia Caradec...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 7, 2020 | Events, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
Every year we have shared the role of various Visitation Monasteries in Europe during the 19th century that took trafficked girls into their communities and boarding schools. This year we share the story of a young girl from Central Africa who eventually became a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 6, 2020 | Events, Guard of Honor, Photos & videos, Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History
A new film by Goya Productions, on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, premieres this month, February 2020! and as it is the Jubilee Year of St Margaret Mary, Messenger of the Sacred Heart, the timing is perfect. The film features many people including a Visitation Nun, and...