by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 9, 2013 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Saint Jane de Chantal served the poor, marginalized and underprivileged all her life, both as wife and widow and as foundress of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary. She taught her Sisters to do the same. “St. Chantal’s daughters were not content with...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 7, 2013 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
As we prepare for the Feast of St. Jane de Chantal Monday, August 12, we continue to marvel at the prophetic stance of her heart and that of her co-founder St Francis de Sales, towards the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 60 years before the revelations to Visitandine St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 6, 2013 | Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
Part 1 As the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary , St Jane de Chantal, approaches on August 12, we turn to our Holy Mother’s devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to understand more deeply the mission of her monastic vocation. Both she...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 12, 2013 | Events, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Vocation news
While the new community of the Visitation Order, the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community, was established within the Georgetown Visitation Monastery on Thursday, June 6, 2013, its new website premieres today! You can find it here: ...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 29, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
A Time to Plant and A Time to Grow Whether there is a seed in your heart just beginning to sprout or the blossoming of a flower, we invite you to Pray, Share, experience , our monastic life with us as an...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 7, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal
Devotion to St. Joseph is intrinsic to the Visitation Nuns. Foundress St. Jane de Chantal had a deep devotion to the earthly, fatherly protector of Jesus. She was encouraged in this devotion by co-founder St. Francis de Sales, who called on St. Joseph as the Patron of...