St. Louis de Montfort

April 28

1673- 1716

 Born on January 31 of poor parents at Montford, France, he was educated at the Jesuit college in Rennes and was ordained there in 1700. He became a chaplain in a hospital at Poitiers, but his reorganization of the hospital staff there caused such resentment that he resigned. Before leaving, he organized a group of women into what became the congregation of the Daughters of Divine Wisdom. His missionary preaching to the poor caused his critics to complain to the bishop of Poitiers, who forbade him to preach in his diocese. He went to Rome, was named missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI, and began preaching missions in Brittany, which he was to continue until his death. Though his sermons aroused much opposition for their emotionalism, he was tremendously sucssful, particularly in fostering devotion to Mary and the Rosary; he wrote his True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin to foster this devotion, and it achieved great popularity. In 1715, he organized several priests into a group that developed into the Missionaries of the Company of Mary. He died at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France, and was canonized in 1947.  He also wrote the Catholic Classic, The Secret of Mary.






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