by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 11, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
M. Fleury, the good priest, had been for many years Cure of Soyhieres; but, owing to the terrors of the Revolution, he was compelled to remain in close concealment during the daytime, and it was only under cover of the night that he ventured to issue forth from his...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 10, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
LIFE OF MOTHER MARY DE SALES CHAPPUIS, OF THE VISITATION OF HOLY MARY CHAPTER I HER BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD Mary Theresa Chappuis was was born at Soyhieres, a little village on the confines of the Swiss Jura, on the sixteenth of June,1793. Like Saint Francis of Sales,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 9, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Visitation Saints
We’re beginning a new series to acquaint you with the holy Vistandines who are on their way to formal beatification or canonization but are not well known among the faithful. Why choose Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis to begin the series? Because her close...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2011 | Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Fr. Louis Brisson, OSFS, co-founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales was born on June 23, 1817, in Plancy, France, the only child of Toussaint and Savine Brisson. He was educated by a local priest who had a large library. Louis read everything; he had a...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 27, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
We have received the great news that Ven. Louis Brisson will be beatified in Troyes, France on September 22, 2012. Troyes is the historic city in which he founded the two congregations of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales(Priests and Brothers; and Sisters)...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 26, 2011 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
On December 19, 2011 The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI formally approved a miracle that will lead to the beatification of Ven. Louis Brisson, OSFS. Venerable Brisson was the Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, both Fathers, Brothers and Sisters. He was...