August 3, 1903: death of Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart at the Monastery of Bourg-en-Bresse where she promises to the Guards of Honor that from above she will not forget them.

 

 

12 August: Solemnity of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal.

 

21st August 1567: 450th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis de Sales at the Château de Thorens

 

August 23, 1856: Blessed Pius IX extends the feast of the Sacred Heart to the whole Catholic Church

 

August 27, 1944: death of Sister Marie-Angélique Millet at the Visitation of Caen.

 

28 August: Feast of St. Augustine, whose Rule serves as a basis for the Constitutions of the Visitation.