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New Postulant

On Divine Mercy Sunday we welcomed a new postulant into our community. Please pray for her!

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Mother Superior Speaks

about St Margaret Mary Alacoque on podcast:https://visitationspirit.podbean.com/

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St Margaret Mary’s Feast Celebrated with Joy!

The closing Liturgy for the Jubilee Year of St Margaret Mary’s centenary of canonization was celebrated at Brooklyn Visitation Monastery with joy! His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan presided with the Mass concelebrated by Most Reverend Bishop Raymond Chappetto, Very Reverend … Continue reading

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Postulant Received into Novitiate

On the Feast of St Margaret Mary  Whei Sing Koo, or Sister Jennifer, became a novice in the Visitation Monastery of Brooklyn NY! Please pray for her. The novitiate lasts for two years.

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Brooklyn Visitation Monastery 165 years old today!

On September 24, 1855 The Monastery of the Visitation in Brooklyn New York was founded by Mother Juliana Matthews and 7 other Sisters from Baltimore Visitation Monastery, thanks to the invitation of Bishop Loughlin. The Visitandines have served this Diocese … Continue reading

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Miracle Statue Spared Amid Storm

Our Statue Preserved Amidst Isaias’s Storm Violence Our garden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary remained untouched amid a violent tropical storm that left more than two million homes in the tri-state New York area without power. A pine tree … Continue reading

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SACRED HEART MISSION

You and/or your Diocese has been consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What a blessing! Now you can learn to LIVE that consecration, to deepen your commitment to His Sacred Heart. How? There are many ways. To begin, view … Continue reading

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Sacred Heart Novena Masses June 11-19 2020

  Day 9 Solemnity of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS   Day 8 Novena June 18 Wednesday Mass Readings Special for Novena Day 7 Novena June 17 Wednesday Day 6 Novena June 16 Tuesday   Day 5 Novena June 15 … Continue reading

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Canonization Anniversary Homily for St Margaret Mary

  Homily from Paray-le-Monial: The Celebration of St Margaret Mary’s 100th Anniversary of Canonization May 13, 2020 Monseigneur Benoit Riviere Eveque d’Autun (Translation into English provided by Paray-le-Monial) We are called by divine Providence to celebrate the joy of the … Continue reading

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Prayer Service to Celebrate St Margaret Mary’s Centenary of Canonization May 13

V+J  St Margaret Mary  Prayer Service May 13, 2020 on the Centenary of her Canonization   Opening Hymn: HEART OF CHRIST   Liturgy of the Word  Ephesians 3: 14-19 Gospel : Matthew 11: 25-30   An excerpt from the Autobiography … Continue reading

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