Category Archives: History

To Close A Monastery

To close a Monastery is to shred one’s soul Incalculable pieces that will ne’er be whole A vocation torn and chaffed away Blown by the Spirit to find a new way.   Death would be simpler and kinder still At … Continue reading

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Wonderful Opening to the 350th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart

On December 27 2023 the Visitation Sisters in Brooklyn held a prayer and worship service opening the anniversary year and a half (2023-2025) of the apparitions of the Sacred heart of Jesus to St Margaret Mary. Mr Michael Zabrocki, composer, … Continue reading

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You are invited to witness Sisters’ Renewal of Vows

WHEN? Tuesday November 21 , 2023 at 1PM Mass Where? Sacred Heart Chapel of Visitation Monastery, Brooklyn Celebrant: Monsignor Kevin Noone    

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New Sacred Heart Hymn and Album by local Composer

 A friend of the Visitation Sisters in Brooklyn, Michael Zabrocki has just completed a new album of hymns on the Sacred Heart. https://youtu.be/ppmzmP4TxSo?si=FdIwiAODSIlaNUMC Featured is a New hymn based on St Margaret Mary’s Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. … Continue reading

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Latest news on Sacred Heart Apparition Jubilee

Most Reverend Benoît Rivière, Bishop of Autun, has decreed a one-and-a-half-year Jubilee to commemorate the 350e anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary, Visitandine religious of Paray-le-Monial in the XVIIe century. The anniversary of the first apparition … Continue reading

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Pray to Love Book on the Visitation Ready to pre order!

Starting in the French Alps has evolved to a coffee table book! Available for Pre-orders at  website- www.AnneGoetze.com or go to bio

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Sisters Crown Blessed Mother

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CELEBRATORY JUBILEE of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St Margaret Mary

The news is just in! The Visitation Order of Holy Mary will be celebrating the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St Margaret Mary, December 2023-June 2025! Bishop, Mgr Benoît Rivière of Auton has decreed a Great Jubilee … Continue reading

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More Art Show Coverage

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Video Coverage of Pray to Love Art Show

with Anne Goetze and Sister Susan Marie During the weekend of March 11 through Tuesday March 14th, the Emmaus Center in Brooklyn exhibited the artwork of Anne Goetze which depicts the beauty of the Visitation Nun’s life as well as … Continue reading

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