by Sister Susan Marie | May 29, 2013 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Pope Francis will lead a worldwide hour of Eucharistic adoration on Sunday, June 2, the Vatican has announced. Cathedrals all across the world will hold an hour of Eucharistic adoration at the same time, inviting the faithful to pray for the Pope’s intentions. The...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 27, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Continuation… Margaret Cassidy received the holy habit in the Georgetown Visitation Monastery in 1913, receiving the new name of Sr Mary Imelda. A year later she was professed, pronouncing her vows. In the meantime the Superior of Georgetown Mother M Agnes Faulhaber,...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 26, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Part 1 Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy, the Foundress of the Visitation Monastery in Snellville Georgia, may not be a “typical” mystic, but she certainly had “mystical moments” and a “mission” from the Lord. Mother was born in...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 24, 2013 | Photos & videos, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News
The Visitation Monastery in Pinerolo Italy has been featured in a 51 minute video that rivals the artistic beauty, simplicity, silence and spirituality of other outstanding monastic programs. Even if you do not understand Italian, you will enjoy the gorgeous vistas...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 20, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, YEAR OF FAITH
This insightful article by Senior Salesian Scholar Father Alexander T. Pocetto, OSFS, PH.d, entitled Love and Belief, St Francis de Sales and the New Evangelization, will stir your intellectual and devotional faculties....
by Sister Susan Marie | May 14, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, YEAR OF FAITH
I’d like to reflect on the mystery of the Visitation and enter that mystery, in the here and now, by focusing on the Holy Spirit’s powerful engagement in the Visitation narrative. We’re asking the Spirit to act and move among us in a similar way to the Spirit’s action...