by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 12, 2013 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
The title of this post is taken from a talk on February 10, 1849 by Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, VHM, Superior in a Visitation Monastery at a time when the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Pius IX, had to flee Rome. Her advice is startlingly relevant for today! Below is her...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 12, 2013 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, Superior of the Visitation Monastery in Troyes in the mid-1800’s, was also the inspiration for the foundation of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales through Blessed Louis Brisson. Her wisdom was profound and influenced many people...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 1, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
You may be familiar with St. Josephine Bakhita,( 1869 – 8 February 1947) a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Roman Catholic Canossian nun in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000, she was declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church But there...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 31, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
Blessed Louis Brisson OSFS, the Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, was beatified on September 22, 2012. At his Beatification Mass, Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect for the Causes of Saints, said that “The Church needs holy priests like Blessed Louis...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 26, 2013 | Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
In our last post for the Year of Faith: Year of Faith & St. Jane de Chantal we shared about the Foundress of the Visitation Order, St Jane de Chantal’s observations about faith and temptations and her own struggle with them. A very holy soul, nevertheless most...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2013 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Sacred Heart, Visitation Saints
Sister Marie Teresa Desandais VHM Many of you have heard of St. Faustina and the revelations of the Divine Mercy of Our Lord Jesus. But have you heard of the Apostle of Merciful Love, Sister Marie Teresa Desandais? She was a...