by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 23, 2012 | Visitation News, Visitation Saints
The devotion to Our Lord’s Holy Wounds received new impetus under the guise of a humble lay Sister of the Visitation, Sister Mary Martha Chambon, of the Visitation Monastery, then of Chambery, France. Over a century later, this devotion continues to draw the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 14, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
November 18th is the Feast Day of seven Blessed Visitation Nuns who were martyred for their faith during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and beatified in 1998. Theirs was a Martydom of Love- the logical outcome of what the mystic among them, Sr. Teresa Maria Cavestany...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 6, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Mother Marie Madeleine Ponnet’s wisdom, gleaned in her deep interior life of mystical prayer, is timeless in its ability to touch souls. She suggests, ” Ask of Our Lord for the grace to make each of the acts of your life filled with the immensity of His...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 3, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Saints
Any Visitandine will tell you that the name “Mother Ponnet” is synonymous with the “Commentary on the Spiritual Directory”, our guide to the interior life. But this profound commentary was only possible because of Mother Ponnet’s own...
by Vis Editor | Oct 19, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Years ago, a saintly man traveled to a distant land and spent nights sleeping in trees. The reason? The populace, fearful of local leaders, would not let him into their homes. The man was St. Francis de Sales, who as a bishop, experienced firsthand the religious...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 16, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Jane de Chantal, Visitation Saints
16 October 2012 From Sr. Mary Berchmans, FEAST OF SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE Our Saint Margaret Mary has left us a beautiful legacy in devotion to the loving Heart of Jesus. In a special visitation to our saint, Jesus said to her: “Behold this heart which has so...