by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of St. Francis of Assisi: religious and mendicant. St. Francis of Assisi was Francis de Sales’ namesake and patron. No surprise, then, that Francis de Sales held Assisi in great esteem and mentioned him many times throughout his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 24, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, YEAR OF FAITH
The Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI begins this October 11, 2012. At that time we will begin a weekly series on faith as perceived by our Salesian models: St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal, St. Margaret Mary, Blessed Louis Brisson and others of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 18, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
In the French language: Meet the Bishop of Troyes who speaks on Blessed Brisson and the Postulator of his cause, Sister Madeleine-Therese: Meet the neighbors of Bl Brisson’s hometown of Plancy: Visit the Brisson Museum and meet the Oblate Sisters:...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 18, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Venerable Louis Brisson will be beatified this Saturday, September 22. Founder of the Oblates of St Francis de Sales and Confessor to the Visitandines for over 40 years, Venerable Brisson was a fount of Salesian wisdom after his patron, St. Francis de Sales. May this...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 17, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
International Symposium on Fr. Brisson’s Ministry and Spirituality Held in conjunction with his beatification and sponsored by the International Commission for Salesian Studies (ICSS) 24-25 September 2012, Motherhouse of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 1, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Marie Angelique Millet VHM Sister Marie Angelique Millet (1879-1944) born Charlotte, was Professed in the Visitation Monastery of Caen France, the very same community that St. Therese’s Sister Leonie was a member of and in fact, they were contemporaries! Sr...