Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis

By TArmstrong

  • Born

    Marie Teresa Chappuis was born in Soyhieres amid the Jura mountains in Switzerland.

  • Died

  • Growing up

    Her father was a royal guard for King Louis XVI. She attended the Visitation school at Fribourg at the age of twelve. Though she was of poor health, she entered the Visitation community of Fribourg and professed her vows in 1816 as Sister Mary Francis de Sales.

  • SFDS

    she was called to help establish a
    religious community of men who would live the Spiritual Directory of Saint Francis de Sales and spread his vision of the Gospel. It took her thirty years to convince Father Louis Brisson to fulfill this vision and to found a religious community of men dedicated to the spirituality of Saint Francis de Sales

  • Special stuff

    After the French Revolution, she re-established the Visitation community in Troyes, France and became known as Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis. Her principal focus of prayerful devotion was the Sacred Humanity of Christ, which led her to appreciate the unique humanity of everyone she met.