A chat on your website enables you to get to know others better.

Shortly after Easter, Sr. Susan Marie, of the Visitation Sisters’ Brooklyn community, will begin a class in the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales. Only this class will not be in a traditional classroom. It will be hosted online, on a website at Visitation Spirit.

The goal is to build up a group of persons interested in deepening their walk with God, as well as those who may have an interest in a vocation with the Visitation Sisters. The chat room and website is a project of the Second Federation of Visitation Sisters in the United States, which includes five houses.

A chat room is a great way to teach others about a community’s charism, as well as to get to know candidates to religious life. Sr. Susan Marie can chat with one other person, or, for the class, many persons at the same time. A chat box that shows the ongoing conversation shows up on the screen.

Those interested in chatting must first apply to become a member by answering a few questions about their spiritual life. After they are accepted, they login with a password. Other web visitors cannot see the chat conversation.

We at Vocation Promotion built the chat room, and we think that other communities could benefit from it as well.