by Sr. Sharon Elizabeth | Sep 4, 2018 | Saint Jane de Chantal, Spirituality
It was said of St. Jane de Chantal that “in every place she was in prayer”. She herself said “the great method of prayer is that there is none at all”. Yet much of her life was devoted to forming a community in which each sister was to be...
by A Visitation Sister | Dec 13, 2014 | Mission & Spirit, Saint Francis de Sales, Spirituality
In this Year of Consecrated Life, we continue the account of our foundation as told in our “Mission and Spirit.” The Original Plan (from “Mission and Spirit”) Why this foundation? St Francis de Sales has often himself explained it: “The...
by A Visitation Sister | Jun 26, 2014 | Sacred Heart, Saint Margaret Mary, Spirituality
We share the July 2nd (then the Feast of the Visitation) revelation of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary known to Visitandines and Jesuits but perhaps not to you. In this revelation, the mission to make the Sacred Heart known and loved was entrusted to the...
by A Visitation Sister | Jan 23, 2014 | Saint Francis de Sales, Spirituality
Prayer obtains from God more than it asks. Night is as day to us, when God is in our heart, and the day is as night when he is not there. Be patient with everyone but especially with yourself. It is not by the greatness of our actions that we please God, but by the...
by A Visitation Sister | Jan 20, 2014 | Spirituality, Uncategorized, Visitation News
Live + Jesus! We received a framed picture from the Saint Gianna Physicians Guild as we are prayer-partners. We placed it at the intersection of Sacred Heart Cloister and Blessed Lady’s Cloister. Saint Gianna was a wife, mother and physician who sacrificed her...