In front of the castle of Thorens, which the de Sales family also owned, a few hundred meters away from the destroyed castle.This cross was erected to mark the place where the chapel of the old citadel stood. Saint Francis de Sales, praying to God, received there the vision of the Order of the Visitation which he was to found with Saint Jane de Chantal.The room where Saint François de Sales was born disappeared during the destruction of the castle bearing the same name in 1630, by order of the king of France Louis XIII. This chapel reminds us of its locationIn front of the shrine of our patron saint in AnnecyAugust 21, Feast of Saint Jane de ChantalDeparture for the processionLunch with our guests and some of the faithfulSmall aperitif on this feast dayMass of the Assumption of the Blessed VirginOn August 14, at ComplinePassage of a family close to the sistersOn July 5th, we met with some of our special benefactors, to whom we owe our installation here in Switzerland, for a very family meal!Return, at sunset487 steps separated us from this solitary site, which has welcomed many hermits over the centuries...Ascent to the small chapel called Notre Dame du Scex, built in the hollow of the cliff facing the abbey.It is held by regular canonsThis abbey shelters the relics of Saint Maurice and his companions, members of the Theban Legion, martyred around the year 300 AD.Cloister of the Abbey of Saint Maurice, about sixty kilometers from LensChurch of St. Peter in Chains, in Lens, commune that possesses the statueThe sisters met some children there who were intrigued by the reliquary cross of one of our sisters.On the day when the priestly ordinations were taking place in Florence, the sisters of Switzerland took a trip to Valais to admire a Statue of Christ the King erected high up in 1935.Monsignor offers the nuncio oil and wine from Griciglianothe guest accommodations where the future priests had their retreat conferencesthe sacristythe kitchenMonsignor Wach and Canon Valadier show him the house: the chapel.The Apostolic Nuncio of Switzerland, Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, honored us with his presence for the day.The sisters were happy to be present and to pray during this ceremony in recognition of all the help that this good abbé brings to them!During our Prior General's stay at the House of the Eucharistic Heart, he imposed the Institute’s Oblate Cross to Abbé Pampelonne.Meals served by the sistersExposition of the Blessed Sacrament immediately afterSolemn Mass of Saint John the Baptist sung by the scholaRetreat for the Institute’s deacons before their priestly ordination.Before his departure, Archbishop Thomas Gullickson blessed all of us... and the sisters offer him a framed quilling work
