by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 28, 2011 | Sacred Heart
As a mere postulant, Sister Jeanne-Benigne Gojoz (1615-1692) was sent from the Visitation Monastery in Annecy, France, the first community, to be part of the founding of the first Visitation Community in Italy, in Turin. An outstanding spiritual favor that Sister...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 27, 2011 | Sacred Heart
Mother Anne-Marguerite Clement (1593-1661) was the Foundress of the Visitation Monastery in Melun, France. In 1636, the venerable Mother Clement, being in prayer, was vouchsafed a privilege like to that with which God honored St. Catharine of Siena. ” It seemed...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 26, 2011 | Sacred Heart
THE SACRED HEART AND VISITANDINES PRE- ST. MARGARET MARY In founding every religious Order, God ordinarily opens to it a source of love for the interior aliment of its divine life and the means of its apostolate. The Visitation was to have its special portion, namely,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 24, 2011 | Sacred Heart, St. Jane de Chantal
The co-foundress of the Order of the Visitation, St. Jane de Chantal, was a “Daughter of the Heart of Jesus”. And she counselled her own spiritual daughters, the first members of the Institute, in this way: ” If the Sisters of the Visitation are very...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 23, 2011 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
According to Bishop Emile Bougaud, the Visitation Order is the sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Prior to the revelations to St. Margaret Mary, the founders of the Visitation, St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, realized through inspiration that the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 21, 2011 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and Visitandines have a unique and very intimate relationship and history with the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. From our very foundation, St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, our founders, placed our congregation within...