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From July 17-20, 2012 Vistandines from the Councils of the two American Federations met in the Monastery of the Visitation in Mobile AL to discuss issues and opportunities concerning the Order. Joining them was the Auxiliary Religious Assistant. In between meetings, the Sisters of the Mobile Visitation joined the group to share meals, recreation and [...]
Part 2:Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales Reluctance The Very Reverend Father Brisson was professor at the Diocesan Seminary of Troyes and confessor to the Visitation Monastery in the same city. For more than thirty years he was daily importuned by the holy Superioress, Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, who urged him [...]
Scientist, Skeptic, Spiritual Leader and Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Part 1 SCIENTIST Yes, a unique scientist will be beatified on September 22, 2012! His most notable invention? – an astronomical clock! One evening when he was watching the stars in the skies, Father Louis Brisson thought of building this astronomical [...]
