Memento of the month
January 1587: After praying the “Remember” in front of the statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, Saint Francis de Sales is delivered from a deep mystical night. He was then a young student in Paris, where theologians debated the question of predestination.
January 14, 1914: Return to God of Mother Marie-Madeleine Ponnet, foundress of the 2Th monastery of the Visitation of Lyon-Vassieux.
January 23, 1572: Birth of Saint Jeanne de Chantal (founder of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary) in Dijon.
January 24, 1623: Transfer of the body of Saint Francis de Sales from Lyon, where he died, to Annecy.
January 31: Feast of St. John Bosco, founder of the Congregation of the “Salesians” (or Society of St. Francis de Sales) and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
January 24: Solemnity of St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church, founder of the Order of the Visitation,
heavenly patron of the Guard of Honor.
On this day the Apostolic Penitentiary grants the plenary indulgence to the members of the Guard of Honour under ordinary conditions.