by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 15, 2012 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
In order to prepare for the Feast of St. Margaret Mary on October 16th, Sunday night’s chat focused on this Visitandine Saint of the Sacred Heart. Here are some topics and highlights: Do we think about Jesus Christ being “so passionately fond of the human race”?...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 10, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
Joy of Faith As we continue to explore St. Francis de Sales’ understanding of faith as he expressed it in his Treatise on the Love of God, keep in mind that this saint possessed a general spiritual disposition of optimism, which will be reflected in the following...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 9, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
St Margaret Mary Alacoque is Visitation’s “Mystic of mystics” whose Feast Day, Oct 16th, is soon to be celebrated. Born in France and a member of the Visitation Monastery in Paray-le-Monial, St. Margaret Mary was chosen by Our Lord Jesus to receive the revelations of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of St. Francis of Assisi: religious and mendicant. St. Francis of Assisi was Francis de Sales’ namesake and patron. No surprise, then, that Francis de Sales held Assisi in great esteem and mentioned him many times throughout his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 27, 2012 | Visitation News, Visitation Saints
From Zenit: http://www.zenit.org/article-31938?l=french English excerpts: Benedict XVI salutes the beatification of Fr Brisson, which took place in France yesterday, Saturday, September 22, 2012, at Troyes. In his example, he calls for “hunger for God and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 22, 2012 | Events, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
The full Liturgy of the Beatification Mass of Blessed Louis Brisson, OSFS, Founder of the Oblates and Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales, in great splendor, may be viewed here:...