by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 3, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Vocation news
Why do you think Bl. John Paul II started the World Day for Consecrated Life? How can our prayers help the religious? The mystery of the incarnation is celebrated on the Feast of the Annunciation, and again on Christmas. Would the incarnation still have meaning,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Visitation Outreach, Vocation news
It’s No Coincidence the World Day for Consecrated Life shares a Feast Day Sign up: Living Jesus Chat — Membership There’s a lot of feasts taking place this Sunday. Since 1997, February 2nd has been the World Day of Consecrated Life. It’s also the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 30, 2014 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Discernment with DeSales, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2014 is also dedicated as the World Day for Consecrated Life. St. Francis de Sales spoke some of his thoughts about this Feast. In his sermon on Feb. 2, 1622 this Founder of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 29, 2014 | St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
This extract from the Preface of the Constitutions of the Visitation Order, written by our Founder, St. Francis de Sales, captures the inner disposition of this extraordinary Doctor of the Church, toward the Institute he was inspired to found.
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 24, 2014 | Vocation news
On this Feast of St. Francis de Sales, the first pre-postulant has been accepted by the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community, at the Georgetown Visitation Monastery. Read the entire article here: Feast of Saint Francis de...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 4, 2014 | Discernment with DeSales, Visitation News, Vocation news
Live + Jesus! Our Lady’s gift to the St. Jane de Chantal Gallery Community at Georgetown Visitation Monastery for this New Year is Adrienne who is beginning her discernment program. Keri Cole who will return shortly from her family visit will become a...