St Francis de Sales

Francis’ family was very rich and sent him to a really good school so that he had an excellent education.  When Francis was 24 years old he became a lawyer. But Francis wasn’t really interested in being important; in his heart Francis was listening to what God wanted him to do.  He heard God tell him to "Leave all and follow Me.", so Francis became a priest.  In those times lots of Christians were leaving the Catholic Church and Fr. Francis wanted to help all these people come back to the Church.  Francis and his cousin Fr. Louis de Sales, went together to tell these people about God. It was a hard life because lots of people were angry with the Church and treated the priests very badly.  Fr. Francis explained the teachings of the Catholic faith very simply so everyone could understand and slowly lots of people came back to the Catholic Church.  Because of all the good work he did to bring so many people back to the Catholic Church he was given a special title in the Church – Doctor of the Church.