Everything about Order Of The Visitation Of Holy Mary totally explained
The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary or the
Visitation Order is a
Roman Catholic religious order for
women. Members of the order are also known as
Filles de Sainte-Marie,
Visitandines,
Salesian Sisters and, more commonly,
Visitationists.
History of the order
The Order was founded in
1610 by
Saint Francis de Sales and
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal in
Annecy,
Haute-Savoie,
France. The special
charism of the Visitation Order combines gentleness with a valiant spirit; initiative with communal support; dedication to prayer with presence in the world; a contemplative life with an apostolic dimension. The order's motto is
"Vive Jésus" (
French for "Live Jesus").
Dispersal
The Order spread from France throughout Europe and to North America. According to the
Old Catholic Encyclopedia of 1914,
The convent of Georgetown was the first house of the Visitation founded in the United States.... The Visitation of Georgetown founded that of Mobile 1833 and in the same year that of Kaskaskia [Illinois], which was transferred to St. Louis in 1844. In 1837 it founded the Visitation of Baltimore, that of Frederick [Maryland] in 1846, and Philadelphia in 1848. These various convents founded others, and at present there are in the United States 21 houses of the Visitation in relation with Annecy.
Today the Order numbers approximately 3000 Sisters in 168 monasteries located in most countries of the world. In the
United States there are 12 monasteries in two federations. Six are dedicated to the contemplative lifestyle, and the other six (
Georgetown,
St. Louis,
Mendota Heights,
Wheeling,
Brooklyn and
Minneapolis) add apostolic monasteries to their contemplative life.
Visitation schools in the United States
In
1799, three Sisters in the order were given permission by
Archbishop Leonard Neale to start a girls' school located next to
Georgetown University, called the
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School. In
1833, the sisters were granted permission by Bishop
Joseph Rosati to travel to
St. Louis and begin another school, now called
Visitation Academy of St. Louis. They settled in
Kaskaskia, Illinois, but moved into St. Louis proper in 1844. The sisters were once again offered a location to establish a new school in
1848 in
Wheeling, West Virginia, and the school was named
Mount DeChantal Visitation Academy. Bishop
Thomas Grace of
St. Paul, Minnesota asked the sisters to open a school in
1873, and the
Convent of the Visitation School was founded. All four schools are still operating, and are all-girls schools.
Visitation schools in other countries
In 1835, the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary of
Dietramszell acquired
Beuerberg Abbey (Kloster Beuerberg), in
Eurasburg,
Germany. Between 1846 and 1938 they ran a girls' school and a home for nursing mothers at Beuerberg Abbey, and afterwards an old people's convalescent home. The abby still belongs to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary.
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