SAINT OF THE DAY JAN> 24 SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, BISHOP OF GENEVA AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, B. TIMOTHY GIACCARDO, PRIEST

SAINT OF THE DAY JAN> 24 SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, BISHOP OF GENEVA AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, FOUNDER OF THE VISITATION ORDER, PATRON OF THE CATHOLIC PRESS St. Francis de Sales was a man of dialogue and meekness, who never renounced the truth. He was one of the first modern evangelizers, using pamphlets posters. He proposed a different model of Christian life for all states of life in the Church, to be realized in the difficulties of everyday life. B. TIMOTHY GIACCARDO, PRIEST