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 | Jan 8, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality
Follow your star…” Salesian Perspective by Fr. Barry Strong, OSFS The old song inquires—would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar, and be better off than you are, or would you rather be a mule? (Not to mention a pig, a fish, or a monkey!) Well,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 6, 2012 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
If you would like to be a member of the Hour of Presence/Guard of Honor, please keep in mind: *the main idea of this association is to console the Wounded Heart of Jesus by offering Him homage of glory, love and reparation *A member chooses one hour of the day to be...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 5, 2012 | Guard of Honor, Sacred Heart, Salesian Spirituality
In 1863, A Visitation Nun from the Monastery in Bourg France, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, had an inspiration stemming from her devotion and her community’s to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Each person could dedicate one hour to His Sacred, Pierced...