by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
“O Woman, Great is Your Faith” Matthew 15:28 The new St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community at Georgetown Visitation Monastery will be holding a discernment weekend Friday August 15-Sunday August 17, 2014. Come and join us for a weekend of prayer and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 27, 2014 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Over the past few years several of our Visitation communities have welcomed Sisters from other congregations for a period of time to live within the cloister as they pursued educational studies or other concerns. We’ve recently hosted both Chinese and Vietnamese...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 20, 2014 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach
From USCCB: The Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Serve will take place from June 21 to July 4, 2014, a time when our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power—St. Thomas More and St....
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 20, 2014 | Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
Why not consider a monastic retreat? Give your heart to Jesus, and open your soul to the spiritual life. The Founders of the Visitation Order, St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal, have established a religious family who continue to live the profound and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jun 2, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach
Sun chat: 730PM June 1 Penance and mortification are good because they teach us the virtues of temperance and self-control. What are other reasons the saints practiced mortification? Mortification can be hard to understand! What are practical examples of good and holy...
by Sister Susan Marie | May 18, 2014 | Museum of the Visitation, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach
These exquisite vestments and many more are displayed at the new Exhibit of the Visitation Museum in Moulins, France. http://www.musee-visitation.eu/index.php?module=news&id=48&old= If you are making your summer vacation plans for touring France, why not...