The following online resources provide helpful information about Salesian Spirituality and tools for educating and deepening the Visitation charism in our communities.
Educating the Mind and Heart in the Visitation Tradition
A guide for educators across Visitation schools, this booklet presents the six foundational goals and supporting criteria that embody how the Visitation charism shapes our educational mission. It also serves as a touchstone for the five-year Salesian assessment process, helping each community nurture and sustain this spirit throughout school life.
Introducing Salesian Spirituality – A Formation Guide for Administrators, Faculty and Staff in Visitation Schools
This formation guide is one tool designed to provide information, basic tenets for spiritual formation and insight regarding the character and charism of our Visitation schools.
Justice Shall Flourish: Changing the World from Within — The Salesian Tradition and Catholic Social Teaching
Created by Visitation Sisters and Salesian collaborators, this booklet explores Catholic Social Teaching through a Salesian lens, showing how its core values speak to today’s local and global concerns. It invites readers into a prayerful conversion toward living “for others” and offers concrete ways to Live Jesus in our world.
How to be a Gentle Visitation Voice — Principles of Salesian Dialogue
This guide helps Visitation students, faculty, and community members navigate difficult conversations with grace, gentle strength, and truth, and prayer, using the “GRACE” principles to foster Salesian dialogue and civility.
Living Jesus
Born from a 1995 initiative of the Visitation Sisters, this booklet gathers core Salesian practices and writings into a portable guide to “Live Jesus.” It offers the entire Visitation family a clear, contemporary pathway into the rich, multifaceted spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal.
Sharing Prayerful Moments with St. Jane
Created for our secondary schools, this booklet introduces the life and spiritual insights of St. Jane de Chantal, whose journey as a young woman, wife, mother, widow, and religious offers timeless inspiration and prayer for women in the 21st century.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Created by the National VSN, this devotional booklet reflects our Visitation family’s heart-to-heart spirituality rooted in Living † Jesus by uniting our hearts with Christ. It offers insights into the life of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM, along with prayerful reflections, scripture, and Salesian inspiration for each of the 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart.