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Embraced by God
Embraced by God, also known as Desales Resources & Ministries, is built around providing resources for joyful living inspired by Saints Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal. We operate as a publisher, an online bookstore, and a lending library. Additionally, we host Salesian gatherings and offer guidance and assistance to anyone looking to explore the hope-filled world of Salesian spirituality.
Desales University
DeSales University (DSU) is a private Catholic university in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The university offers traditional, online, and hybrid courses and programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Named for St. Francis de Sales, the university was founded in 1964 as “Allentown College of Saint Francis de Sales” by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.
DeSales Center / Camp Desales
Camp DeSales exists to help Catholic high school students and parish youth groups encounter Christ, become their best selves, and Live Jesus for life. We create and support peer groups seeking lifelong Catholic discipleship and friendship. As a spiritual home and resource for parishes and schools in and around the Diocese of Toledo, Camp DeSales is dedicated to Catholic youth evangelization.
DeSales Secular Institute
First, secular institutes are a form of consecrated life in the Catholic Church, and as such, members take vows of celibate chastity, poverty and obedience for life. The mission entrusted to us by the Church is to sanctify ourselves and the world we live in, wherever God puts us. We do not live in convents, but in the secular world while serving the Lord totally both in service to the Church and our secular communities. The DeSales Secular Institute was founded by Franz Reisinger, OSFS in Vienna, Austria during WWII. We have members in Austria, Germany, Namibia, United States, Brazil and Ecuador. Learn more about us on our website: desalessecularinstitute.com
Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales, American Province
The Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales (Latin: Oblati Sancti Francisci Salesii, O.S.F.S.) are a congregation of Roman Catholic Religious Sisters who base their spirituality on the teachings of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. (The Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales are affiliated with the Oblate Priests and Brothers of St. Francis de Sales)
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, North American Provinces
The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales (Latin: Oblati Sancti Francisci Salesii, O.S.F.S.) are a congregation of Catholic priests and brothers who follow the teachings of Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal. The community was founded in Troyes in 1875 by Louis Brisson and are affiliated with the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales. The members of this religious order are of two states, clerics and lay brothers. Today the Oblates are located throughout the world, in Holland, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, India, South Africa, Namibia, Benin, Ivory Coast, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Haiti and the United States.[2] The Generalate is located in Rome.
The North American Salesian Network (NASN)
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Eastern USA + Canada Province (Province of St. Joseph)
We, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians are also known as the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. Our legal title is Missionary Society of Salesian Sisters, Inc. We commit ourselves to the new evangelization of youth. Impelled by our charism, we evangelize by educating. We open up new ways for the education of the young, deepening within them an attitude of respect for the dignity of the human person and an openness to life in all its forms. We commit ourselves to a community lifestyle which is poor, simple, welcoming, and able to create a new educative presence among poor youth.
Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
Missionaries of St. Francis De Sales, also known as Fransalian Missionaries, is an international, missionary religious order, founded in France in 1838 by Fr. Peter Mermier, under the patronage of St. Francis De Sales, to bring about the renewal of Christian life by preaching parish missions. The first batch of missionaries went to India in 1845. Today, our missionaries work in USA, India, France, Switzerland, England, Brazil, Chad, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Australia, Austria, Germany, Philippians, West Indies, Chile, Trinidad and other countries. Missionaries also are sent to serve, individually, at the request of Bishops from various dioceses all over the world. A total of 1321 professed members are committed to the service of the church in different parts of the world. We have 61 novices and 352 candidates in formation for the religious life and priesthood.
Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate / Catechetical Sister of Mary Immaculate
The Institute of Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (SMMI), the missionary branch is born from the society of the Daughters of St. Francis De Sales. This society was founded in Paris on 15 October 1872, by Fr. Henri Chaumont and Madam Carre De Malberg, to live and spread evangelical charity in the world. From the beginning of of the society, the founder had awakened among the members a deep missionary enthusiasm which expressed itself in a guild of fervent prayer on behalf of non Christian women.
Salesians of Don Bosco, Eastern USA + Canada Province (Province of St. Philip the Apostle)
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youngsters during the Industrial Revolution. The congregation was named after Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
The Salesians’ charter describes the society’s mission as “the Christian perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education of boys to the priesthood”.[1] Its associated women’s institute is the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, while the lay movement is the Association of Salesian Cooperators.
Salesians of Don Bosco, Western USA Province (Province of St. Andrew)
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (Latin: Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youngsters during the Industrial Revolution. The congregation was named after Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva.
The Salesians’ charter describes the society’s mission as “the Christian perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education of boys to the priesthood”. Its associated women’s institute is the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, while the lay movement is the Association of Salesian Cooperators.