Category Archives: Salesian Feast Days

Consecrated Life and St. Francis de Sales

Posted on January 13, 2015 by the Sisters

The Feast of St. Francis de Sales is approaching..on Saturday January 24th and our Church has also begun to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. As a preparation for St. Francis de Sales’ Feast, we thought it might be good … Continue reading →

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Blessings of the New Year

Posted on December 30, 2014 by the Sisters

The Visitation Sisters in Bay Ridge wish all our neighbors and all web viewers a very Blessed New Year in Our Lord. St. Jane de Chantal has said, ” We are at the end of another year. Soon, this present … Continue reading →

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Cloistered Sisters Take a Walk with Jesus and a Saint

Posted on October 7, 2014 by the Sisters

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Mass/Candlelight Procession/Veneration of relic

Posted on September 3, 2014 by the Sisters

The Brooklyn Diocese’s Sacred Heart Apostolate under the leadership of Reverend Peter Gillen, in conjunction with the Visitation Sisters, invites you to a special celebration of the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque on Thursday, October 16, 2014, her Feast … Continue reading →

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Sacred Heart Guard of Honor Members

Posted on August 30, 2014 by the Sisters

The Sacred Heart Apostolate returns to Visitation Monastery to celebrate First Friday Masses starting Friday, September 5, 2014 at 730PM. We are pleased to announce that we will also commence First Sunday gatherings for all enrolled Guard of Honor Members … Continue reading →

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St. Jane de Chantal, One of God’s Greatest Lovers

Posted on August 4, 2014 by the Sisters

Tuesday August 12thwill be the Feast of the Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Jane Frances de Chantal. The well-known Cardinal Berulle, founder of the French Oratory,  once said of St. Jane that she was … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Feast of St Anne and St Joachim

Posted on July 26, 2014 by the Sisters

The Feast of St. Anne and St Joachim is special not only as the celebration of the parents of our dear Blessed Lady and a remembrance of all our ancestors in our faith, but it also has special meaning for … Continue reading →

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SACRED HEART NOVENA

Posted on June 8, 2014 by the Sisters

The Annual Sacred Heart Novena will take place in Visitation Monastery’s Sacred Heart Chapel, with a 7:30PM Mass every night for nine evenings, From Thursday June 19- Friday June 27, 2014. The celebrants are: UPDATE: THURSDAY JUNE 26 Celebrant has … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Visitation

Posted on May 30, 2014 by the Sisters

Saturday, May 31st, is the Feast of the Visitation,the Titular Feast of the Order of the Visitation. Scholar Helene Bordes enlightens us theologically about the meaning of this Feast in the mind and heart of St. Francis de Sales, Founder … Continue reading →

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Feast of St. Francis de Sales Jan. 24

Posted on January 24, 2014 by the Sisters

Today is the Feast of the Holy Founder of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, St. Francis de Sales. Visitation Sisters around the world are united spiritually in deep gratitude for his life, his teachings, his “Living Jesus” … Continue reading →

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