the Carmel
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TISSOT Joseph Father

Missionary of St Francis de Sales

1840-1894

Preacher having published in 1879 The art of using one's faults according to St. Francois de Sales (Oudin). Léonie and Céline will hear him preach during their pilgrimage to Paray-le-Monial in 1890 and will take notes of these meditations. Thérèse will use it in a letter to Abbé Bellière in 1897.

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