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FREE SHIPPING WORLD WIDEFREE SHIPPING WORLD WIDEFREE SHIPPING WORLD WIDEOrder of the Visitation of Holy MaryOrder of the Visitation of Holy MaryAbbreviationOrder of the Visitation (V.H.M.)MottoVive JésusFormation1610FounderSaint Francis de SalesandSaint Jane Frances de ChantalTypeRoman Catholic religious orderWebsite[link removed by ]

TheOrder of the Visitation of Holy Mary(Latin:Ordo Visitationis Beatissimae Mariae Virginis, V.H.M.) or theVisitation Orderis anenclosedRoman Catholic religious orderforwomen. Members of the order are also known as theSalesian Sisters(not to be confused with theSalesian Sisters of Don Bosco) or, more commonly, as theVisitandinesorVisitation Sisters.[1]

History of the Order[edit]St.Francis de Salesgiving the Rule for the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary to St.Jane Frances de Chantal.

The Order of the Visitation was founded in 1610 bySaint Francis de SalesandSaint Jane Frances de ChantalinAnnecy,Haute-Savoie,France. At first the founder had not a religious order in mind; he wished to form a congregation without external vows, where the cloister should be observed only during the year of novitiate, after which the sisters should be free to go out by turns to visit the sick and poor. The order was given the name of The Visitation of Holy Mary with the intention that the Sisters would follow the example of Virgin Mary and her joyful visit to her kinswoman Elizabeth, (known as\"The Visitation\"in the Roman Catholic Church).

He invited Jane de Chantal to join him in establishing a new type of religious life, one open to older women and those of delicate constitution, that would stress the hidden, inner virtues of humility, obedience, poverty, even-tempered charity, and patience, and founded on the example of Mary in her journey of mercy to her cousin Elizabeth.[2]The order was established to welcome those not able to practice austerities required in other orders.[3]Instead of chanting the canonical office in the middle of the night the sisters recited the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin at half-past eight in the evening. There was no perpetual abstinence nor prolonged fast. The Order of the Visitation of Mary was canonically erected in 1618 byPaul Vwho granted it all the privileges enjoyed by the other orders. A Bull ofUrban VIIIsolemnly approved it in 1626.[1]

Charism[edit]

The specialcharismof the Visitation Order is an interior discipline expressed primarily through the practice of two virtues: humility and gentleness.[4]The motto of the order is \"Live Jesus\".[3]

Expansion[edit]

A foundation was established in Lyons in 1615 followed by Moulines (1616), Grenoble (1618), Bourges (1618), andParis(1619). WhenSaint Francis de Salesdied (1622) there were 13 convents established; at the death ofSaint Jane Frances de Chantalin 1641 there were 86.[1]The Order spread from France throughout Europe and to North America.

Margaret Mary AlacoqueFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSaint Margaret Mary Alacoque, V.H.M.Margaretha Maria Alacoque, Merazhofen Pfarrkirche ChorgestühlDisciple of the Sacred HeartBorn22 July 1647
L\'Hautecour,Duchy of Burgundy,Kingdom of FranceDied17 October 1690(aged43)
Paray-le-Monial, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of FranceVeneratedinRoman Catholic ChurchBeatified18 September 1864,Rome,Papal States, byPope Pius IXCanonized13 May 1920,Vatican City, byPope Benedict XVMajorshrineMonastery of the FranceFeastOctober 16 (October 17 by theOrder of the Visitation of Holy Maryand universally prior to 1969; transferred to Oct 20 in Canada)Patronagethose suffering withpolio, devotees of theSacred Heart, loss of parents

St.Margaret Mary Alacoque,V.H.M.(French:Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (1647-1690), was aFrenchRoman Catholicnunandmystic, who promoteddevotionto theSacred Heart of Jesusin its modern form.[1]

Life[edit]

She worked to prove the genuineness of her vocation and hervisions of Jesus and Maryrelating to theSacred Heart. She was initially rebuffed by her mother superior and was unable to convince theologians of the validity of her visions. A noted exception was SaintClaude de la Colombière, who supported her. The devotion to theSacred Heartwas officially recognized 75 years after Alacoque\'s death.[2]In his encyclicalMiserentissimus Redemptor,Pope Pius XIstated that Jesus Christ had \"manifested Himself\" to Saint Margaret and referred to the conversation between Jesus and Saint Margaret several times.[3]

Early life[edit]

Alacoque was born in 1647 in L\'Hautecour, now part of thecommuneofVerosvres, then in theDuchy of Burgundy, the only daughter of Claude and Philiberte Lamyn Alacoque, who had also several sons.[4]From early childhood, Margaret was described as showing intense love for the Blessed Sacrament, and as preferring silence and prayer to childhood play.

After her First Communion at the age of nine, she practised in secret severe corporalmortification, until rheumatic fever confined her to bed for four years. At the end of this period, having made a vow to theBlessed Virginto consecrate herself to religious life, she was instantly restored to perfect health.[4]In recognition of this favor, she added the name Mary to her baptismal name of Margaret. According to her later account of her life, she hadvisions of Jesus Christ, which she thought were a normal part of human experience and continued to practice austerity.

Alacoque lost her father at a young age, and the family\'s assets were held by a relative who refused to hand them over, plunging her family into poverty. During this time, her only consolation were frequent visits to pray before the Blessed Sacrament in the local church. When she was 17, however, the family regained their fortune and her mother encouraged her to go in society, in the hopes of her finding a suitable husband. Out of obedience, and believing that her childhood vow was no longer binding, she began to accompany her brothers in the social events of her society, attending dances and balls.[4]

One night, after returning home from a ball forCarnivaldressed in her finery, she experienced a vision of Christ, scourged and bloody. He reproached her for her forgetfulness of him; yet he also reassured her by demonstrating that his Heart was filled with love for her, because of the childhood promise she had made to his Blessed Mother. As a result, she determined to fulfill her vow and entered, when almost 24 years of age, theVisitationConvent atParay-le-Monialon 25 May 1671, intending to become a nun.[4]

Monastic life[edit]Painting of Jesus appearing to Saint Margaret Mary, Church of San Michele,Cortemilia, inItaly.

Alacoque was subjected to many trials to prove the genuineness of her vocation. She was admitted to wearing thereligious habiton 25 August 1671, but was not allowed to make her religious profession on the same date of the following year, which would have been normal.[5]A fellow novice described Margaret Mary as humble, simple and frank, but above all kind and patient.[6]Finally, she was admitted to profession on 6 November 1672. It is said that she was assigned to the infirmary and was not very skillful at her tasks.[7]

Visions[edit]

In this monastery Alacoque received severalprivate revelationsof the Sacred Heart, the first on 27 December 1673, and the final one 18 months later. The visions revealed to her the form of the devotion, the chief features being reception ofHoly Communionon thefirst Fridayof each month,Eucharistic adorationduring a \"Holy hour\" on Thursdays, and the celebration of theFeast of the Sacred Heart.[8]She stated that in her vision she was instructed to spend an hour every Thursday night to meditate on Jesus\'Agony in the GardenofGethsemane. The Holy Hour practice later became widespread among Catholics.[9][10]

On 27 December 1673, the feast of St. John, Margaret Mary reported that Jesus permitted her to rest her head upon his heart, and then disclosed to her the wonders of his love, telling her that he desired to make them known to all mankind and to diffuse the treasures of his goodness, and that he had chosen her for this work.

Initially discouraged in her efforts to follow the instruction she had received in her visions, Alacoque was eventually able to convince her superior, Mother de Saumaise, of the authenticity of her visions. She was unable, however, to convince a group of theologians of the validity of her apparitions, nor was she any more successful with many of the members of her own community, and suffered greatly at their hands. She eventually received the support of St.Claude de la Colombière,S.J., the community\'sconfessorfor a time, who declared that the visions were genuine. In 1683, opposition in the community ended when Mother Melin was elected Superior and named Margaret Mary her assistant. She later becameNovice Mistress,[7]and saw the monastery observe the Feast of the Sacred Heart privately, beginning in 1686. Two years later, a chapel was built at theParay-le-Monialto honor the Sacred Heart.

Alacoque died on 17 October 1690.

Veneration[edit]Painting ofBlessed Mary of the Divine Heartand Saint Margarette Mary Alacoque in adoration to theSacred Heart of Jesus.

After Alacoque the devotion to the Sacred Heart was fostered by theJesuitsand the subject of controversies within the Church. The practice was not officially recognized until 75 years later.[8]

The discussion of Alacoque\'s own mission and qualities continued for years. All her actions, herrevelations, her spiritualmaxims, her teachings regarding the devotion to the Sacred Heart, of which she was the chief exponent as well as theapostle, were subjected to the most severe and minute examination, and finally theSacred Congregation of Ritespassed a favourable vote on theheroic virtuesof this \"servant of God\". In March 1824,Pope Leo XIIpronounced herVenerableand on 18September 1864Pope Pius IXdeclared herBlessed.[11]When her tomb was canonically opened in July 1830, two instantaneous cures were recorded to have taken place. Herincorruptbody rests above the side altar in the Chapel of the Apparitions, located at the Visitation Monastery inParay-le-Monial, and many striking blessings have been claimed by pilgrims attracted there from all parts of the world.[4]

Alacoque wascanonizedbyPope Benedict XVin 1920, and in 1929 herliturgicalcommemoration was included in theGeneral Roman calendarfor celebration on 17October, the day of her death. In the reforms of 1969, the feast day was moved to the prior day, 16 October.

In his 1928encyclicalMiserentissimus Redemptor,Pope Pius XIaffirmed the Church\'s position regarding the credibility of hervisions of Jesus Christby speaking of Jesus as having \"manifested Himself\" to Saint Margaret Mary and having \"promised her that all those who rendered this honour to His Heart would be endowed with an abundance of heavenly graces\".[12]

Alacoque\'s short devotional writing,La Devotion au Sacré-Coeur de Jesus(Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus), was published posthumously by J. Croiset in 1698, and has been popular amongCatholics.[13]

Mariologists refer to Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque as \"living proof how Marian devotion is linked to \'Christology\'\" and the adoration of Jesus Christ.[14]

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\"And He [Christ] showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin that made Him the design of manifesting His Heart to men, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Him and procure Him all the honour and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which His heart is the source.\" — fromRevelations of Our Lord to St. Mary Margaret Alacoque\"

Popular culture[edit]

InJames Joyce\'s short story \"Eveline\", part of hisDubliners, a\"coloured print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque\"is mentioned as part of the decorations of an Irish home at the turn of the 20th Century, testifying to Joyce\'s fine eye for the details of Irish Catholic piety.

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