Feast of St. Francis De Sales

 

Doctor of the Church.

St. Francis wrote "Introduction to the Devote Life" which was a best seller in 1608 (even though a lot of preachers tore it up because it didn't condemn jokes and dancing). In it, he showed that living a devote life was not limited to priests and nuns, but ordinary people too. Along with St. Jane de Chantel he founded the Visitation of Mary sisters.

That's Sister Mary Jane Frances Williams in the photo. She's Mother Superior at the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, GA. She joined the monastery after her husband died. They had been married for 42 years, and she has nine children, 29 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

It's never too late!