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