My Aunt Marie sent me this email this morning:
Hi Meg,
Do you already know all this about St. Francis de Sales?
Ask your mother about Sr. Francis de Sales.
St. Francis de Sales is the patron of teachers, deaf people, Catholic
press, confessors, educators and authors. He began his life as a scholar
who earned a doctorate in both theology and law. St. Francis de Sales
then received a call to the priesthood and, despite the disapproval of
his family, was ordained and began his career as a prolific writer and
preacher. He was blessed in his ability to return Calvinists to the
faith through his simple and clear explanations of Catholic doctrine.
Furthermore, he used sign language to convert the deaf and helped found
the Order of the Visitation. Saint Francis de Sales is a Doctor of the
Church for his writings. His feast day is January 24th.
Love you, Aunt Marie
AND...Fr. Vince who wants to
come to my defense (on JAN. 24th) is a priest at my church here in NC. The order of priests at my church are the
Oblates of St. Francis De Sales....Goodness Gracious!!!
I couldn't help but marvel at the coincidences here...!! Somehow knowing this background information is giving me more confidence for my defense but please do keep me in your prayers during the upcoming week! Pax!
Meg, allow me to add another interesting point. Your grandfather's sister,a sister of St. Joseph from Baden, chose the name Sister Francis DeSales when she took her vows. She would be your great aunt.
ReplyDeleteOops I mean Sister Marie De Sales.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! What a neat twist!!
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