St. Francis de Sales discovers the Song of Songs
P. Wirth MORAND At seventeen, in the heart of the Parisian carnival, Francis de Sales was looking for...
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Education and humanism in the time of St. Francis de Sales
When Francis de Sales was born in 1567, the world was changing its face. Gutenberg’s...
Saint Francis de Sales, Missionary
Don Bosco saw in Saint Francis de Sales not only a master of gentleness, but...
Saint Francis de Sales in his time
Understanding Francis de Sales means immersing oneself in the heart of seventeenth-century Europe: an era...
Loving one’s neighbour with St. Francis de Sales
“Philotheas are philanthropic”, wrote Francis de Sales, wishing thereby to demonstrate that there was no...
Educating in the spirituality of daily life with Saint Francis de Sales
Christian spirituality is often perceived as the exclusive heritage of privileged souls, far removed from...
Teaching Civil Devotion with Saint Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva in the 17th century, revolutionised Christian spirituality by proposing...
Don Bosco and Saint Joseph
Among the saints most venerated by Don Bosco, Saint Joseph holds a place of special...
Praying the Rosary with Bernadette of Lourdes
The Rosary is the spiritual heart of the Lourdes apparitions. Between February and July 1858,...
Educating to the divine starting from the human with Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales proposes a pedagogy of faith that begins with human experience to...
Educating for Citizenship with Saint Francis de Sales
“Valiant, obedient, a good citizen and magnanimous”—such were, according to Francis de Sales, some of...
Educating for rest and leisure with Saint Francis de Sales
Life is not only made up of work and serious occupations; it is also punctuated...
Educating for work and solidarity with Saint Francis de Sales
The child, once grown, is destined to integrate more or less quickly into the social...
Educating the will with Saint Francis de Sales
With the faculties of the spirit, such as intellect and memory, one remains within the...
Family Education
Alongside the “sentiment for the child”, the 15th century saw the development of a sentiment...
The Education of Conscience with St. Francis de Sales
It was most likely the advent of the Protestant Reformation that brought the issue of...
Female education with Saint Francis de Sales
The educational thinking of Saint Francis de Sales reveals a profound and innovative vision of...
Joseph Augustus Arribat: Righteous Among the Nations
1. Biographical Profile The Venerable Joseph Augustus Arribat was born on 17 December 1879 in...
Educating the Human Heart with Saint Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales places the heart at the centre of human formation, as the...
Educating the Faculties of Our Spirit with Saint Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales presents the spirit as the highest part of the soul, governed...
Educating our emotions with Saint Francis de Sales
Modern psychology has demonstrated the importance and influence of emotions in the life of the...
Educating the body and its 5 senses with Saint Francis de Sales
A good number of ancient Christian ascetics often considered the body as an enemy,...
Education according to st. Francis de Sales
Education according to St. Francis de Sales is a path of love and care toward...
Saint Francis de Sales, founder of a new school of perfection
For Francis de Sales, religious life is “a school of perfection”, in which one...
St Francis de Sales, personal companion
‘My spirit always accompanies yours,’ wrote Francis de Sales one day to Jeanne de...
Saint Francis, promoter of culture
As the pastor of a diocese the vast majority of which was made up of...
St Francis de Sales at the service of education
Francis de Sales was convinced that ‘on the good or bad education of the...
St Francis de Sales catechises the children
Formed in Christian doctrine from childhood, in his family environment, then in schools, and...
St Francis de Sales forms his collaborators
Francis de Sales did not wish to become a bishop. “I was not born...
Correcting “rebellious children” with St Francis de Sales
In September 1594, Francis de Sales, provost of the cathedral, arrived, accompanied by his...
The turning point in the life of St Francis de Sales (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) Beginning of a new stage From this moment on, everything would...
The turning point in the life of St Francis de Sales (1/2)
After ten years of study in Paris and three years at the University...
St Francis de Sales university student in Padua (2/2)
(continuation from previous article) Francis went to Padua, a city belonging to the Venetian...
St Francis de Sales university student in Padua (1/2)
Francis went to Padua, a city belonging to the Venetian Republic, in October 1588,...
St Francis de Sales as a young student in Paris
In 1578 Francis de Sales was 11 years old. His father, wishing to make...
The childhood of a future saint: Saint Francis de Sales
Francis was born on 21 August 1567 at the Château de Sales, in Thorens,...
The pleasure of loving God like St Francis de Sales
In his famous Treatise on the Love of God, St Francis de Sales wanted...
The “misunderstood” God of St Francis de Sales
A curious episode In the life of Francis de Sales, a young student in Paris,...