by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 25, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis emphasizes often the divide between a non-Christian attempting virtue in vain compared with the Christian who has grace. What different then is there between a Christian attempting virtue without charity and a pagan doing likewise? How can we ensure that...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 16, 2019 | Guard of Honor, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Photos & videos, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Today, October 16th, is the Feast of the Visitation Order’s St. Margaret Mary, who received many revelations from the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This year we celebrate the centenary of her canonization and we have been granted a Jubilee Year from today through...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 14, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
What might be the distinction between taking one’s life as described above and taking one’s life through depression and despair?2. How can the present reflection shed light on the abortion industry and the motives and reasons with which people approach...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 9, 2019 | Events, Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Visitation History, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FEASTS OF SAINT MARGARET MARY Wednesday 16th October 2019 : 11 am : Solemn mass in the Apparitions Chapel 4 pm : Jubilee journey 5 :30 pm : Solemn vespers of saint Margaret Mary at the Apparitions Chapel Friday 18th October 2019 : 6:15 pm : Opening...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 7, 2019 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Why do we need charity to perfect the virtues? What would virtues without charity look like? What is charity without the virtues? In other words, what does charity look like without virtue? Or, can charity exist without virtue? St. Francis says that besides charity,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 6, 2019 | Events, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
Our Visitandine Sisters in Rosolini, Italy celebrated 60 years of the foundation of their Monastery in 2019, established in 1959 to care for the Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart and bring the Visitation charism to this region. Every year on the last weekend of September,...