by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 16, 2014 | Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
On the glorious Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother, August 15, 2014, Brooklyn novice Sister Synthia pronounced her first vows of poverty, chastity and obedience for three years, receiving the name Sister Synthia Helena. The Chapel congregation included her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 13, 2014 | Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
This fall, the Visitation Monastery in MINNEAPOLIS will convene a new formation cohort for those who are interested in studying Salesian Spirituality and finding ways to pray and serve together as Companions. Maybe this group will include you? For more information on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 10, 2014 | Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news, Year of Consecrated Life
These recent Georgetown Visitation Prep Alums have been commissioned to be ambassadors for Visitation vocations in the Universities and Colleges they will be attending this fall, especially concentrating on candidates for the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 8, 2014 | Museum of the Visitation, Photos & videos, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
The current exhibit at the Museum of the Visitation features exquisite liturgical vestments and will be on display until December 24, 2014. The video below gives wonderful close-ups of these vestments and is worth viewing even if you need to improve your French...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
V+J Tuesday August 12th will be the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane Frances de Chantal. The well-known Cardinal Berulle, founder of the French Oratory, once said of St. Jane that she was one of God’s greatest lovers on...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 4, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach
Which is more difficult? Showing patience to those who bother us, or patience with God’s timing? The saints speak of practicing patience with humility. Is it possible to practice patience without humility? As mentioned above, patience requires that we submit to God’s...