Many
would be willing to have afflictions provided that they be not
inconvenienced by them.
– Saint
Francis de Sales
Saint
Francis de Sales' patronage:
Authors; Diocese of Annecy, France; Diocese of Baker,
Oregon; Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio; Catholic press; Diocese of
Columbus, Ohio; Diocese of Houma-Theibodaux, Louisiana; Diocese of
Keimoes-Upington, South Africa; confessors; deaf people; against
deafness; Diocese of Oakland, California; Diocese of Wilmington,
Delaware; educators; journalists; teachers; writers; the Institute of
Christ the King Sovereign Priest; Salesians of Don Bosco.
