Background
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of Augustine and Philamena (Detert) Lasance.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of Augustine and Philamena (Detert) Lasance.
He was educated at Saint Mary"s School and Saint Xavier College (Cincinnati) and Saint Meinrad Archabbey (Indiana), and was ordained by the Most Reverend William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati, on May 24, 1883.
During the next seven years, Lasance served as curate in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati including churches in Kenton, Reading, Dayton, Lebanon, and Monroe, Ohio. He also served as chaplain at Our Lady"s Summit, in East Walnut Hills, in Cincinnati. Illinois health forced him to relinquish parish work in 1890.
From then on, he lived a "retired, semi-invalid existence" at Saint Francis Hospital, Cincinnati, writing various books on spiritual subjects and serving as spiritual director of the Tabernacle Society.
He also compiled and edited the Blessed Sacrament Book (1913). In total, his texts were published in the millions.
Foreign his devotional works, he was given a special blessing by Pope Pius XI on May 10, 1927. Lasance died at the age of eighty-six, in his native city.