Director's Message
FEBRUARY 2012
Each year during this month, the religious congregation at DSU remembers its Founder, the ► Venerable Fr. Louis Brisson, who died on February 2, 1908.
Among his many virtues was his steadfastness in faith. In 1903, when the French government abolished religious orders and closed their apostolic works, Fr. Brisson was forced into a state of abject poverty, with even his familial home auctioned away. Nevertheless, he clung to his faith and confidence in God’s will for himself and his spiritual children. Now, more than a century later, the two religious congregations he founded -- the Oblates and Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales -- have not let go of their founder’s charism, as they continue the work of Catholic education throughout the world.
Today we face a similar challenge ... in the struggle to preserve religious liberty. Governmental imposition in matters of healthcare raises the specter of contravening personal and institutional conscience. It should be seen as a significant cultural concern for all persons of faith and, as such, calls for action. The Salesian Center will respond, as it does, with education in the realm of faith and culture, as our ► Baranzano Society on Bioethics is preparing a major public forum on this topic ... stay tuned!
Fr. Thomas Dailey, OSFS
Director
News
Events Calendar
- 02/07/12
Lunch Bunch - 02/07/2012
Ethics in the Workplace board meeting - 02/07/2012
Leadership Institute Junior B.E.I.T. session - 02/09/12
Salesian Insights - 02/15/2012
Leadership Institute Senior B.E.S.T. workshop - 02/16/2012
Leadership steering committee meeting - 02/24/2012
Bulldog breakfast - 02/26/2012
Leadership Institute Junior B.E.I.T. session - 02/28/2012
Heritage Week essay contest - 03/14/2012
Salesian Insights
Updated -01/23/12
Updated - 01/26/12
Ethics Breakfasts
2011-2012 Master Calendar
"A specific priority is the need to examine the predominant values and norms of modern society and culture in a Christian perspective, and the responsibility to try to communicate to society those ethical and religious principles which give full meaning to human life."
- Pope John Paul II
Ex corde Ecclesiae #33
