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Francis de Sales, C.O., O.M. (French: François de Sales; Italian: Francesco di Sales; 21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was a Savoyard Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Geneva and is a saint of the Catholic Church.
St. Francis de Sales Oratory won the 'Church Madness 2017' vote for the most beautiful Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was the first time the building had been entered into the March Madness format internet contest, [ 11 ] sponsored by Granda Liturgical Arts.
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its cornerstone laid in 1907, [ 1 ] the Guastavino tiled dome of the de Sales parish has been an icon in its neighborhood.
The church's new building quickly proved inadequate for the parish's growing membership and by 1958 plans for another structure were underway. [3] St. Francis de Sales commissioned modernist architect Marcel Breuer to design the structure in 1961; construction on the building began three years later in 1964. Given the structure's unconventional ...
Archbishop Riordan blessed the new St. Francis de Sales Church/School on February 27, 1887. St. Francis de Sales School opened July 18, 1887, an elementary school for boys and girls and a girls high school. The Sisters of the Holy Names staffed the schools. St. Francis de Sales Girls High School closed May 31, 1931.
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Louis Brisson. An order of cloistered nuns, the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, was founded by Francis de Sales at the request of Jane Frances de Chantal in 1610. The establishment of an Oratory at Thonon, where Francis served as the first Provost, was a preparatory step toward carrying out his design, the accomplishment of which was prevented by his death.
The Church of St Francis de Sales is a Roman Catholic church in Hampton Hill, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the parish church for the parish (Catholic Church) of Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington in the Upper Thames Deanery of the Diocese of Westminster. The parish was formed in 1920 and the original church completed in ...