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What is a Salesian?’ (Editor's Note: During the 1985 Publications Drive, we overheard several students trying to figure out what the Salesian means. The closest translation we can come up with is ‘of de Sales’, meaning that our yearbook is named in honor of the patron saint of our school, St. Francis de Sales. It then occured to us that many MDS students might be unfamiliar with St. Francis de Sales, Perhaps this brief explanation will be illuminating. - Steve and Angi) St. Francis de Sales was born in 1567, shortly after the Lutheran Reformation had torn the religious fabric of medieval =U] ce) ol-marVi(-1am o)-1181¢ Me) ger-lia(-10 Mm Ce) the priesthood, he worked dili- gently for the reunification of Catholics and Protestants. He became Bishop of Geneva, and began a life of pastoral devotion and writing. His best - known written work, The Introduction to the Devout Life, provides a gentle rele) aig: lime) mm Oia) ai-)¢r- lam el-1e)e)(-Mal-)| en ing to create ‘‘The City of God”, each in his or her own way: “When God the Creator made all things, he commanded the plants to bring forth fruit, each F Tororo) gel iale mm Com melu aa) kind; he has likewise commanded Christians who are the fruit of his OlalUicolsmmcomeldialemielasmill-Miatlitne) devotion, each one in accord with his character, his station and his calling. “Devotion must be practiced in different ways by the nobleman and the working man, by the servant and the prince, by the widow, by the unmarried girl and by the married woman. But even this volt yelaren(Celanicwalelaci¥ii(el- a)emcelm (al-u o)e-(e1((e:-Be)ae(- 7e)t(eamaslel-jae]-¥-lel-1e)(eR Con cal-B-)i-1810 | (amm COMUal deleeib|el-lilelg Varo mm coms ia(- We l0]((- -e) M-y-(eamela(- Miami el-laceel(-Us “The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them. True devotion does still better. Not only does it not injure any sort of calling or occupation, it even embellishes and enhances ig ‘Moreover, just as every sort of gem, cast in honey, becomes brighter and more sparkling, each according to its color, so each person becomes more acceptable and fitting in his own vocation when he sets his vocation in the context of devotion. Through devotion your family cares become more peaceful ... the service we owe to the prince becomes more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable. “Therefore, in whatever situation we happen to be, we can and must aspire to the life of perfection.” 2 St. Francis de Sales
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