by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 31, 2017 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News, Vocation news
This recently published book tells the true story of the Visitation Order in Monaco and shares the life histories of some of the princesses who actually became Visitandine Nuns, and those who simply spent time in the Monastery. Prince Louis I, who succeeded his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation History, Visitation News, Vocation news
Today in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, a special Year of Vocations begins under the patronage of St. John Vianney, the Cure of Ars, whose Feast it is on August 4th. The Visitation Order of Holy Mary and the Cure of Ars are related in that several young women who...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 8, 2017 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation History, Visitation Saints
Juana Adelaida O’Sullivan and Rouley was born in New York, United States, on October 8, 1817 to a Catholic father and Anglican mother, being baptized in the Anglican Church. At a young age the girl decided to become a Catholic. At the death of her father, both...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 7, 2017 | Events, Visitation History, Visitation News
Swiss Guard: Friburgian Vincent Perritaz takes the oath in the Vatican 06.05.2017 by Jacques Berset, cath.ch https://www.cath.ch/newsf/garde-suisse-le-fribourgeois-vincent-perritaz-prete-serment-au-vatican/ Engaged in the Pontifical Swiss Guard since 1 June 2016,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Apr 22, 2017 | Holy Year of Mercy, Sacred Heart, Visitation History, Visitation News
The deep devotion that Visitation Sisters have to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and our mission to spread this love since St Margaret Mary’s apparitions of the Lord, has also led many Visitandines to focus on the Divine Mercy devotion and Chaplet. In the hidden...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 9, 2017 | Events, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation History, Visitation News
March 5 1604: Saint Francis de Sales preaches Lent in Dijon and meets the Baroness de Chantal. It is the starting point for one of the most beautiful spiritual friendships in the history of the Church. He can say: “The Visitation is the fruit of the journey of...