Oblaten#
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, also, Society of St. Francis de Sales (OSFS, Oblaten des hl. Franz von Sales), religious order established in 1875, headquarters of the Austrian - Southern German branch in Vienna; the order runs schools such as a Gymnasium selective secondary school and a boarding school in Dachsberg (Upper Austria), several parishes. The order "Oblati Mariae Virginis" (OMV, established in 1815, male and female members) and the order "Oblati Mariae Immaculatae (OMI, established in 1816) also have subsidiaries in Austria.
Literature#
E. Hehberger, Die Oblaten des hl. Franz von Sales in Oesterreich, 1967.