Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis

By MHighberger

  • Birth

    Marie Teresa Chappuis was born on June 16, 1793 in Soyhieres amid the Jura mountains in Switzerland

  • Beginning religious life

    She attended the Visitation school at Fribourg at the age of twelve

  • Further professes her faith

    professed her vows in 1816 as Sister Mary Francis de Sales.

  • Death

  • Day of veneration

    As Salesians, we celebrate her contribution to the Church on October 12th, which is also Oblate Founders Day.