by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 19, 2013 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
From Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, VHM: ” Go before a crucifix to detest misuse of the graces of God which we have appropriated to ourselves and which we have used as if they were our own, because we have not sufficiently been unbent and enlivened. I know well...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 14, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints, YEAR OF FAITH
Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, VHM was Superior of the Visitation Monastery in Troyes, France in the 1800’s and encourager of Blessed Louis Brisson to found the Oblates of St Francis de Sales. She gave many deep talks to her Visitandine community. On one...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 13, 2013 | LENT, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis gave many instructions to her Visitandine daughters. We begin a significant lesson for Lent. “Our Holy Founder says that our abode is on Calvary. To walk in this way we must follow the Savior. We shall be instructed and aided if...
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...