The Society of the Daughters of St. Francis de Sales, as we were called earlier, was first approved by Pius X, in 1911. Since that time our Statutes have been approved by the Vatican each time they have been amended, most recently in April of 2007. Under Canon Law, we are termed a private, international association of the faithful. At the end of our Statutes there are letters (1994 and 2007) from the Pontifical Council for the Laity, under whose jurisdiction we are since Vatican Council II. We have only been active in the U.S. since the 1950s, when introduced by Delphine Madill, of St. Louis, Mo., who lived in France briefly. Perhaps sharing this website with those concerned could help to allay their fears.