As we step into this moment of recreation and re-creation when we celebrate the New Year and the Marian Solemnity, let us ask ourselves what will we bring with us into the new year? What will we leave behind in the old? Will we repeat with Mary her courageous fiat? Will we see in our very being the traces of God and in God the traces of ourselves?
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Hoping for a deeper and more meaningful Advent, Kristin Koch was drawn to St. Jane de Chantal's words, “Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.”
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Each November, Visitation Sisters around the world renew their vows. The same words first offered decades ago — poverty, chastity, obedience — are spoken once more on the Feast of the Presentation of Mary. There is no spotlight, no fanfare. Just small communities of contemplative women, linked in quiet communion, renewing a promise to live for Love alone.
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October 16 is the Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation sister, known for her visions of the Sacred Heart.
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Lily Noble '26 shares insights on finding the why through prayer, specifically through the Direction of Intention.
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