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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 21, 2012 | Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
With Venerable Louis Brisson’s beatification approaching, now merely a month away, we are offering some selections from his conferences to develop our Salesian spirit. Fr. Brisson, Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, was an energetic preacher, teacher...
by Sister Susan Marie | Aug 1, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Saints
Sister Benigna Consolata Ferrero, 1885-1915 This Italian Visitandine did not have a long life; her vocation in the Monastery only lasted nine years, but in those short years she developed, with the grace of God, an intense prayer life, but humbly simple. In giving an...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 26, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Part 2:Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales Reluctance The Very Reverend Father Brisson was professor at the Diocesan Seminary of Troyes and confessor to the Visitation Monastery in the same city. For more than thirty years he was daily importuned by the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Scientist, Skeptic, Spiritual Leader and Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Part 1 SCIENTIST Yes, a unique scientist will be beatified on September 22, 2012! His most notable invention? – an astronomical clock! One evening when he was watching the stars...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 23, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Visitation News, Visitation Saints
Sunday’s chat extended into realms other than those originally posted and one of the areas that emerged was the upcoming beatification of Ven. Louis Brisson, the Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Sister: I am going to digress to chat a bit about...