With everlasting hope in the Resurrection, we announce that our beloved brother and confrere, Rev. Michael Rejent, OSFS, died at the age of 84 on Tuesday, March 25, 2025…

With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, we announce that our brother, Rev. Michael Anthony Vogt, OSFS, passed away at the age of 66 on Friday, December 27, 2024. He was a professed member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for nineteen years and a priest for 13 years.  A teacher, religious superior, counselor, chaplain, and associate pastor, Fr. Vogt was a dedicated Oblate and priest

With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, we announce that our brother, Rev. John W. Brennan, OSFS, passed away at the age of 88 on Thursday, December 5, 2024.  He was a professed member of the Oblates for 69 years and a priest for 59 years.  A teacher, religious superior, parish priest, and loyal friend, Fr. Brennan was a dedicated Oblate and a faithful son of St. Francis de Sales and the Church. 

With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, we announce that our brother, Rev. John J. (Jack) Kelly, OSFS, passed away at the age of 80 on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.  Jack was a professed member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for 61 years and a priest for 53 years.  

With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, we announce that our brother, Rev. Hugh J. McGuigan, OSFS, passed away at the age of 71 on Saturday, November 23, 2024.  He was a professed member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for 50 years and a priest for 27 years…

With sadness, but with faith in the Resurrection, we announce that our brother, Bro. John (Tucci) Ventresca, OSFS, passed away at the age of 91 on Thursday, July 18, 2024. He entered the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in 1951, made his first profession in 1953, and his final profession as an Oblate brother in 1958.

St. John Neumann Parish in Reston celebrated Pentecost with a multi-lingual Mass featuring Prayers of the Faithful petitions in several languages…

St. Francis de Sales Awards Convocation, the Most Reverend William E. Koenig, Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington, honored graduating seniors from schools across the Diocese with the St. Francis De Sales Outstanding Catholic School Award.

On April 18, the Washington Theological Consortium, together with the Crossin-Oblate Family Partnership, hosted a special symposium in Washington, D.C. to honor the legacy of John Crossin.