Love and Friendship Almost everyone finds some virtues easy to practice and others harder, and everyone extols the virtue which they find easy and tries to exaggerate the difficulty of the others.Letter 91 to Mère de Bréchard July 1616 … separation cannot exist between humility and charity. They are indivisible, […]
Salesian Resources
The Writings of St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout LifeFrancis de Sales’ “Introduction to the Devout Life” has remained a uniquely accessible and relevant treasure of devotion for nearly four hundred years. As Bishop of Geneva in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Francis de Sales saw to the spiritual needs […]
De Sales Book Discussion Group Guides
Since its inception in 1993, the De Sales Spirituality Center run by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales has developed a number of resources for helping people to learn, live and share Salesian spirituality. Among these resources is the De Sales Discussions series: workbooks for reflection and discussion that […]
Salesian Retreats on the Run
Spending Time With Francis – by Email!
Fr. DeLillio Blog: A Moment From De Sales
Lecture Series: St. Francis de Sales and the Salesians: A Spirituality for the Modern World
Learn from the powerful model of Salesian spirituality and deepen your relationship with God and the world through this 12-part lecture series by Dr. Wendy Wright, PhD, profession of theology at Creighton University. St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622) was born to a life of privilege, but after experiencing a profound […]
