We joyfully celebrate the Feast of one of our patrons today, St. Francis De Sales, ‘The Gentleman Saint’ What do we know of this holy man of God? Francis was born into a noble French family in France on 21st August 1567. He was educated at the Capuchin College in Annecy and the University of Padua.

I have always loved the title of Sr. Rosemary’s book on the history of the Congregation: ‘A Heart for Others’  It certainly sums up the life of Fr. Braun   

The Spirituality, Charism and Mission of Fr. Victor Braun arrived in Cebu, Philippines in May 2000, 16 years ago. We give thanks to God for the pioneering Sisters whose great love of Jesus and the Poor brought them here.

Inter-relatedness began about 14 billion years ago when the universe was dreamed into being. Certain experts, with a lamentable lack of poetic feeling, call this event “The Big Bang," but "The Flaring Forth" seems a happier and more appropriate term for the Creator's handiwork of a universe studded with countless billions of stars.

When St Margaret Mary entered the Visitation of Paray-le-Monial in 1671 she entered into a world where the image of the heart was woven into the fabric of daily life. Saints Francis de Sales and Jeanne de Chantal spoke on almost every page of their letters and writings of living in and from the heart;