Parent Experience
Chappuis Society - SFS Mothers Club
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The Chappuis (pronounced “shap-we”) Society is the SFS Mothers Club. All moms of St. Francis de Sales students and alumni are members and are invited to join us.
Chappuis plans over 30 events each year for the students and families of St. Francis de Sales School. Our events include raising funds for school projects, planning activities for our young Knights, and providing opportunities for mothers and sons to have fun together.
By providing a warm, welcoming, and inclusive community for our mothers, we assist the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in their Apostolate.
2025-2026 Leadership Team
President: Jennifer Nietz
President Advisor: April Lick
Vice President: Roblyn Skibinski
Secretary: Heather Mallette
Treasurer: Kristin Little
Social Media: Michele Merritt
Faculty Advisor: Monica DeDad
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
- BAKE SALE - dropping off baked goods or working the sale. Sign up here
- SPIRIT STORE - we need volunteers to help run the spirit store. Sign up here
- CHAPPUIS COMMITTEE AND DONATION SIGN-UP
Upcoming Chappuis Events
Brisson Association - SFS Fathers Club
Brisson Association is the SFS Fathers Club. It is a service and fellowship group made up of SFS dads who come together to serve the students and school. Some of the events provided by the Brisson Association include:
- Tailgates for football and other sports / events
- Father / Son Mass & Dinner
- Father / Son Mass & Breakfast
- Open House
- Senior Cookout
Help give back to the Knight community while also enjoying time with your son.
Mary de Sales Chappuis, VHM
Venerable Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, VHM (1793-1875) played a primary role in the Oblate-Salesian tradition, for, without her, neither the Oblate Sisters nor the Oblate Fathers and Brothers of St. Francis de Sales would exist.
She was instrumental in Blessed Louis Brisson (1817-1908) and St. Léonie Frances de Sales Aviat (1844-1914) co-founding the former (1871), and she was the inspiration for the latter, founded by Brisson (1875).
Through her influence, Brisson and Aviat were imbued with Salesian spirituality and inspired to respond with apostolic action to the complex religious and social issues of their era. Regarded as the authentic interpreter of the Salesian spirit during her lifetime, she was often sought out for her counsel by many of the most prominent ecclesiastics of the day.
Blessed Louis Brisson, OSFS
Bl. Louis Brisson was born on June 23, 1817, in Plancy, France, the only child of Toussaint and Savine Brisson. He was an inquisitive child who had a great interest in both literature and the natural sciences, especially chemistry, physics, and astronomy. After a basic education by a local priest, he entered the diocesan seminary and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Troyes on December 19, 1840.
Fr. Brisson was assigned to teach science at the Visitation Monastery School in Troyes. He was known as a gifted teacher who enjoyed communicating the wonders of the natural world to his students. Fr. Brisson later became the confessor and chaplain to the Sisters of the Visitation in Troyes, a position he would hold for the next forty-one years. It was during this time that he met the woman who would be his spiritual mentor and inspiration: Venerable Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis, VHM, superior of the Troyes Monastery.