Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Portrait of Sister Margaret Mary Alacoque
Jesus Christ appearing to St. Margaret Mary, Church of San Michele, Cortemilia, Italy
The Vision of the Heart of Jesus by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque by unknown artist
Saint Rose Church (Perrysburg, Ohio) - vault fresco
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, abbreviated VSM and also known as the Visitandines, is a Catholic religious order of Pontifical Right for women. Members of the order are also known as the Salesian Sisters or, more commonly as the Visitation Sisters.
Saint Francis de Sales giving the Rule for the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary to Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
The Monastery of the Visitandine nuns in Braga, Portugal
The Visitationist Church in Warsaw (interior)
Visitationist Church in Warsaw (1780)