The Sisters of Our Lady of La Salette share the charism of reconciliation with the La Salette Priests and Brothers. Like the Fathers and Brothers, they share their charism in collaboration with lay people. The roots of their community of sisters began with Miss Henriette Deluy-Fabry who was born in...
The famous New York diamond dealer, Harry Winston, heard about a wealthy Dutch merchant who was looking for a certain kind of diamond to add to his collection. Winston called the merchant, told him that he thought he had the perfect stone, and invited the collector to come to New...
Our Story Begins with a Message of Mercy In a quiet mountain hamlet near the village of La Salette, France, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to two shepherd children—Maximin Giraud (11) and Mélanie Calvat (14)—on September 19, 1846. Radiant in light and filled with sorrow, she called humanity to conversion,...
Pentecost is often described as the Church’s “birthday,” but in truth, it is something more mysterious, more personal. It is the moment when the frightened, hidden disciples become fearless witnesses. It is the breath of God unleashed in the world, not just to comfort but to send, to shake foundations,...
On a quiet September afternoon in 1846, two children met a weeping woman on a mountain—and the world has never been the same. Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat were tending cows on Mount Sous-Les Baisses above the small French village of La Salette. What they encountered that day would soon...
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