High Schools
Brother Rice High School Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Cardinal Gibbons High School Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lumen Christi High School Jackson, Michigan Niagara Catholic High School Niagara Falls, New York St. Francis de Sales High School Toledo, Ohio St. Joseph High School St. Croix, US Virgin Islands St. Mary's High School Stockton, California
Universities
Lourdes College
Toledo, Ohio Siena Heights University Adrian, Michigan
Parishes Listed by State
California
St. Stanislaus Modesta St. Perpetua Lafayette Michigan Sacred Heart Hudson St. Alphonsus Deerfield St. Anne Monroe St. Joseph Monroe St. Mary of Good Counsel Adrian
St. Peter the Apostle
Blissfield St. Rita Clarklake Ss. Simon & Jude Saginaw New York
Holy Family Niagara Falls St. John the Baptist Lockport
All Saints Lockport Ohio Gesu Toledo St. Pius X Toledo
Apostolates (not an exhaustive list)
Prison Ministry Lockport, New York Jackson, Michigan Apostolate for the Deaf
Diocese of Lansing, Michigan Apostolate for the Deaf Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois International Catholic Deaf Association St. John Deaf Center and Our Lady of Loretto Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan Foreign Missions Brazil, Mexico, Namibia Chaplaincy Norristown State Hospital Norristown, Pennsylvania De Sales Resources and Ministries Stella Niagara, New York
U.S. Army Chaplaincy
De Sales Center Brooklyn, Michigan
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"Be who you are and be that well." -St. Francis de Sales
Interested in what Oblates are doing?
Any of the ministries listed sound or look appealing? Can you see yourself doing something listed or are you thinking of something else you would love to do that's not on the list? Maybe you are discerning a vocation to the priesthood and religious life? Think you have something to offer the Church in ministry? Check out our Vocations page.
Want to support the Oblates in our ministries?
You can help support the Oblates in their ministries throughout the United States and beyond. Check out the Development page for information on how you can help.
"Do the ordinary extraordinarily well." -St. Francis de Sales
Ministry as Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, whether as brothers or priests, presents many opportunities in today's Church. Oblates minister throughout the United States in universities, high schools, grade schools and religious education ministries. Oblates also serve as parish priests, military, prison, and hospital chaplains, bereavement spiritual care coordinators, foreign missionaries, ministers to the deaf community, retreat masters, preachers, artists, musicians, cooks and spiritual directors. The list is endless as Oblates seek to bring the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales into all aspects of their ministries so that they and all God's people may find God in the ordinary and regular rhythms of life.
Imagine the possibilities... Live+Jesus!
One of the hallmarks of Salesian spirituality is the individual expression of God's will as discerned of by the heart of a person through the assistance of prayer and the experience of daily life. As Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, we strive to know the signified will of God by listening to the signs of the times and by being attentive to the needs of the People of God. We accept the trials and joys of daily life as the will of God's good pleasure offering all that we do and all that we experience to God in a love that seeks the union of our hearts to the Lord's.
"In our hands, we have the treasures of grace. We must be good and faithful servants who know how to increase and multiply the talents confided to us." -Fr. Louis Brisson, OSFS
If we are to be "good and faithful servants," as our founder, Louis Brisson, OSFS, calls us to be, we must not only rely on ourselves and our work, but in a spirit of gentleness and humility also look to all God's people to collaborate with us in working toward the goal set for us by our co-foundress, Mary de Sales Chappuis. She called upon the Oblates to make Jesus present on the earth again through what we think and do and say. This incredible task is only possible with your help. Each day we strive to "live Jesus," we remember those who make it possible for us to live and minister as we do. We pray for and ask you for your continued generosity and collaboration with us as we strive each day, in doing the ordinary extraordinarily well, to bring for the Kingdom of God, here and now, in the Twenty-first century...and beyond! |
