by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 26, 2016 | Events, Holy Year of Mercy, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Live+Jesus Reverend Antonio Sangalli, OCD, Postulator of the Cause of Beatification of the Visitandine Servant of God Sister Francoise Therese Martin (Leonie Martin, sibling of St. Therese of Lisieux) has declared a “YEAR OF LEONIE”. This year will...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2016 | Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Vocation news
The Cure of Ars, St John Vianney, whose Feast we celebrate today, was instrumental in the vocations of several Vistation Sisters. This year we share the story of Rosine Bossan and his influence upon her. Born in Lyon July 8, 1831, Ms. Rosine Bossan was the youngest of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 1, 2016 | Guard of Honor, Holy Year of Mercy, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines
Sr Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, the founder of the Guard of Honor, said: Love: a synonym for all that is beautiful, all that is good, all that is noble and dedicated to everything that is pleasant and delectable! Love finally whose name alone makes our heart...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 19, 2016 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation Saints
Imagine, for a moment, if St. Margaret Mary, who received the revelations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as a novice, had not been permitted to go on to make her Vows of Profession. How would God’s plan of showing His Love for us then developed? Blessedly, merely...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 19, 2016 | Saintly Visitandines
Ever since Saturday, April 25, 2015, the crypt where the body of Léonie Martin (1863-1941), sister of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, rested is no longer a place of contemplation and prayer for pilgrims. The tomb in the crypt of the Visitation Monastery at Caen where the body...