Saint Francisca Salesia
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- Also known as
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Frances de Sales Aviat
Francesca Salesia Aviat
Francisca Salesia Aviat
Francisca Salesia
God's Little Instrument
Leonia Aviat
Leonie Aviat
Léonie Françoise de Sales Aviat;
Mother Francoise
- Memorial
- 11 January
- Profile
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Daughter of Theodore Aviat, a shopkeeper, and Emilie Caillot.
Baptized 17 September 1844; Confirmed on 2 July 1856.
Educated at the Visitation School in Troyes from age eleven to sixteen.
With Father Louis Brisson, she founded the Sister Oblates of Saint Francis of Sales in Troyes, France, dedicated to helping young women who poured into the cities during the Industrial Revolution.
She took the Salesian Rule for the congregation.
She entered religious life on 11 April 1866, took the veil on 30 October 1868, taking the name Sister Frances de Sales, and made her final vows on 11 October 1871.
Superior of the Institute in 1872.
Opened homes and schools for working class girls.
Exiled from France on 11 April 1904 due to religious persecution and anit-religious legislation.
She rebuilt her congregation from Perugia, Italy, and the Order was approved by Pope Saint Pius X in 1911.
Her Cause for canonization was introduced on 9 April 1957.
- Born
- 16 September 1844 at Sezanne, France as Leonia Aviat
- Died
- 10 January 1914 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes
- Venerated
- 1 December 1978 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
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25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II
her canonization miracle involved the healing of a 14 year old Philadelphia girl's paralyzing spinal disease
- Additional Information
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L'Osservatore Romano
L'Osservatore Romano [francais]
L'Osservatore Romano [italiano]
Que Jesus Viva!
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- Readings
- [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.'"
-Pope John Paul II in the beatification ceremony for Saint Francisca
May my love unceasingly offer something to my Divine Jesus.
- Saint Frances
Let us establish a permanent Spring season in our heart through ‘yes’ often repeated to all of God’s permissions and wills.
- Saint Frances