by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 12, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, YEAR OF FAITH
VISITATION MONASTERY IN PARIS This year was marked by the Jubilee of the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris . Some of us , passing the cathedral were able to admire the new bells and we all have heard them at the official opening on Palm Sunday through KTO-tv . The...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2014 | Events, Visitation News
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, who appeared to St. Bernadette on February 11, 1858, for the first time. Our Blessed Mother’s message can be summed up as a heavenly confirmation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception that had just been defined by...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 10, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the First Foundation of a Visitation Monastery on the continent of Africa, in Loango, Repubic of the Congo. French Visitation Nuns brought the charism of St Francis de Sales to Africa and since then, many Congolese Sisters as well as...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 28, 2014 | Events
Well, no responses to our question: When and where was a Visitation Monastery planned for Northern California? Which city and area? So here’s the answer! Monastery of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Piedmont Hills of California, San Francisco,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2014 | Events, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation News
Feast of St Francis de Sales 1/24 & St Paul 1/25 In these contemporary times, since Vatican 11, the Feast of St. Francis de Sales has been celebrated on January 24th, moved from its original date of January 29. This act of God’s Divine Providence, through the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 21, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Outreach
Today we begin a triduum of prayer in preparation for the feast of St. Francis de Sales (January 24th). The intercession of Francis is sought by his spiritual daughters, the Sisters of the Visitation. It is also sought by those who have benefitted from his example,...