Our Founder
The life and vision of the founder of the MSFS Congregation.
Our Founder Fr. Peter Marie Mermier
Fr. Peter Mary Mermier, who founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, was born in Savoy, France in 1790. Mermier was a man of extraordinary faith and clear vision.
Inspired by the spirit and personality of St. Francis de Sales, he founded the MSFS Congregation in 1838. The society was greatly interested in the education of the youth.
The first batch of the MSFS missionaries arrived in India in 1845. The educational apostolate has been their hallmark ever since. Fr. Mermier was called to his eternal reward on 30th September 1862.
FR. PETER MARIE MERMIER (Our Founder)
- Date of Birth
- 28 August 1790 in Savoy, France
- Place of Birth
- Vouvray, Savoy, France
- Parents
- Francis Mermier and Antionette Bastian
- Baptism
- 28 August 1790
- Joined Seminary
- 1807, Chambery
- Ordained Priest
- 21 March 1813
- Appointed Professor at Melan
- February 1816
- Parish of Priest le Chatelard-en-Banges
- 1816
- Full Time Parish Mission Preacher
- 1825 (conducted 90 Mission)
- Mother House “La Fauillette” at Annecy
- 08 August 1837
- Acquired Property at Les Allinges
- 14 September 1836
- Provisional Approval of the Rule
- 29 September 1836
- Canonical Approval of the MSFS
- 24 October 1838
- Appr. of Holy See:MSFS ans Congregation
- 19 May 1860
- Founded the Daughters of the Cross
- 04 November 1841 (with Claudine Echernier)
- Suffered a Stroke
- 11 June1858
- Second Stroke
- 06 June 1860
- Died
- 30 September 1862
- Declared Servant of God
- 05 May 1993
“We do much in doing little, if we do for God when and as He wishes”
