Category Archives: Salesian Spirituality

Sunday chat August 22

St. Francis mentions two kinds of spiritual coldness: that which is caused by a slackening of good resolutions, and that which is due to simply weariness and heaviness. Can the second type lead to the first? How? What can we … Continue reading

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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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Blessed Feast of St Jane

St. Jane de Chantal’s Feast is celebrated on August 12th and this Foundress of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary demonstrates characteristics that can model responses for us in our own times. We are living through the Covid-19 pandemic; she … 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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Pentecost Novena with St Jane and St Francis

This year Pentecost falls on May 31st, which is usually the Feast of the Visitation. Let us pray for the descent of the Holy Spirit into our souls with the words of Visitation’s Founders, St Jane de Chantal and St … 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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St Margaret Mary Anniversary with Virtual 16 day Tour of Her Monastery

Visit all the important places St. Margaret Mary had an apparition in her Visitation Monastery at Paray le Monial! First Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5TUHBhqgUI&feature=emb_logo Second day: The Reliquary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3W3wQsH38U&fbclid=IwAR1n3YDcdDrMs1U4fGD2TD-aLzzO70H82HZecx57QRFV3wsf5hFpCPatJ98 Third day: Her Brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ampiUcnmjwE Fourth Day: Sisters Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdt3S_xQEsk&fbclid=IwAR2jH39A-qCT60u9wZLcfjr_Whd2F2CkMmReAR0S579YcgocZEu72xxBIEQ Fifth Day: Choir … Continue reading

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