St. Francis De Sales (School), Salisbury

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School is an educational community that provides, Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade, an environment centered in faith formation, rigorous academics, and service to others. They recognize the value and dignity of individuals living out their Catholic values, while fostering their own gifts and talents.

St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622, was a Bishop of Geneva and known for working to resolve religious divisions in France after the Protestant Reformation. His writings on spiritual direction and spiritual formation remain well-known, especially his “Introduction to the Devout Life” and the “Treatise on the Love of God.”

St. Francis is the patron of Catholic writers, the Catholic press, the deaf, journalists and adult education. He was beatified on Jan. 8, 1661, and canonized on April 19, 1665, both by Pope Alexander VII. His feast day is Jan. 24.

St. Francis de Sales was founded in 1949 by five Sisters of Mercy, at the invitation of Monsignor Eugene Stout. The school opened with 105 students in 1950, and expanded the next year to serve students in kindergarten through eighth grade.