Today is the feast day of Bishop Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of writers, comms folk, and educators. So it felt like a good day to get back in the habit after a hiatus of several weeks.
Starting before then, ramping up through having an opportunity to visit Rome for Pope Leo presiding over an event marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sì, and reflecting through the dark weeks since COP30, it would seem I’ve become one of those people I found slightly off-putting when I was young. The sort who carries around a saint’s medal. In this case, a souvenir made in 1865 that I found on eBay after learning more about Francis de Sales.
Let me come back to him in a minute. But just to quote the man briefly, from the preface to his Introduction to the Devout Life:
…you will find very little precision in the work. But rather a collection of well-intent…
