by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 2, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation Saints
This month’s focus is on a Sister of Nantes France who was very devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sister Marie Albertine Fournier. Born in Nantes in 1801, soon death robbed her of her father and poverty settled in the family. Overcome with grief and anguish,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 1, 2015 | Guard of Honor, Visitation Saints
Self-forgetfulness An heroic virtue – forgetting oneself! But Jesus showed us the way because he descended first into the abyss of “nothing.” “He emptied himself;He took the form of a slave … Created in the image of God, we were...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 25, 2015 | LENT, Visitation Saints
St. Margaret Mary was Novice Directress for a time and one Lent, she suggested to her novices to follow these Lenten instructions, which may give all of us a practical way to live this Holy season: “Behold, my very dear Sisters, a little challenge, as I think...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 22, 2015 | Monthly Mystic, MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
As the Church begins its process toward Visitation Sister Francoise Therese’s (Leonie Martin) beatification, many aspects of her life and devotion begin to be known. In addition, the deep relationship of the Carmelite and Visitation Orders in this Martin family...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2015 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Saintly Visitandines, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
http://www.ouest-france.fr/religion-vers-la-beatification-dune-soeur-de-sainte-therese-3136849 In English: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/01/28/cause-of-st-therese-of-lisieuxs-sister-is-opened/ Towards the beatification of St. Teresa’s sister...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2015 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Saturday January 24 is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor of the Church and Founder of the Visitation order, along with St. Jane de Chantal. What was the special spirit of this Saint and what can we learn from him today? Cardinal Wiseman wrote of him:...