Doctor of the Church relied on divine grace and the maternal care of the Virgin Mary to temper that vice and become a man of ...

I remind myself that today is the memorial of St. Francis de Sales. Nicknamed “The Gentleman Saint” for his wisdom, kindness, and gentle demeanor, St. Francis de Sales set out on a spiritual ...

merging with St. Francis de Sales in Newark. “The parish of St. Leonard is effectively suppressed, and the territory, assets and liabilities of St. Leonard are assumed by the parish of St ...

Francis de Sales was canonized a saint in 1665. In 1878 Pope Pius IX declared him a doctor of the Church. Not long after that, John Bosco would make him the patron of his newly founded ...

Saint Francis de Sales Oratory (St. Louis ... He was beatified in 1661, canonized in 1665, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1877. St. John Paul II later described him as “the Doctor ...

Be who you are and be that well.” On today’s feast of Saint Francis de Sales, Talking Saints hosts, Pete Sanchez and Laurie Power, uncover the life of this 16th century bishop and doctor of the Church ...

St. Francis de Sales died in 1622 at a convent he had helped to found in Lyons. He was canonized in 1665, and named a Doctor of the Church in 1877. He is the patron saint of writers and Christian ...

In 2000 St. John Paul II declared the miracle attributed to Blessed Frances de Sales Aviat, whom he had beatified in 1992. A year later, she was canonized by him. Today Bernadette lives a quiet ...

May thy heart dwell always in our hearts! May thy blood ever flow in the veins of our souls! O sun of our hearts, thou givest life to all things by the rays of thy goodness!

Nassour is a member of St. Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks, and his brother belongs to Corpus Christi. “My brother lost his home. I have close friends who lost everything but the shirts on ...

Others point to the vision of Saint Francis De Sales who saw two ladders to heaven: a rather steep one leading directly to Jesus, and another far less steep one leading toward Mary. Jesus told Saint ...