"Let us establish a permanent Spring season in our heart through ‘yes’ often repeated to all of God’s permissions and wills."
Saint Francisca Salesia was baptized on September 17, 1844 the day after she was born. She was born as Leonia Aviat in Sezanne, France. She was confirmed on July 2, 1856.
She entered religious life on April 11, 1866, she took the veil on October 30, 1868 taking the name of Sister Frances de Sales. She made her final vows on October 11, 1871. With Father Louis Brisson and Mother Marie Therese de Sales Chappuis she founded the Sister Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales in Troyes, France. Their mission was dedicated to helping young women who came to them during the Industrial Revolution. She took the Salesian Rule for the Congregation. She became Superior in 1872 and opened homes and schools for working class girls. Due to religious persecution and anti-religious legislati
on, she was exiled from France on April 11, 1904. She rebuilt her congregation in Perugia, Italy and the Order was approved by Pope Saint Pius X in 1911.She died on January 10, 1914 in Perugia of natural causes. She was canonized on November 25, 2001. The miracle for her canonization was from the healing of the paralyzing spinal disease of a 14 year old girl from Philadelphia. Here are words from Pop
e John Paul II's homily at her beatification: " She dedicated her life to educating young working women. Union with the redemptive sacrifice of Christ by the daily practice of self denial was Mother Francois’s central orientation throughout her life. Her sole desire to be, as she said, ‘God’s little instrument.’”"May my love unceasingly offer something to my Divine Jesus."
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