Jane Frances de Chantal, VHM was a French Catholic noble widow and nun who was beatified in 1751 and canonized in 1767. She founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The religious order accept
Sainte Jeanne Françoise Frémyot de Chantal
Saint Francis de Sales giving Saint Jeanne de Chantal the rule of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary.
Francis de Sales meets Jane Frances de Chantal, cutout from a window in the cathedral of Annecy
Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal, medal 1867
Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their personal spirituality. The person seeking direction
Jane Frances de Chantal
…invoked as the patron of forgotten people, widows, and parents who are separated from their children. She also left a number of exemplary letters of spiritual direction. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, patron saint archive…
Virgil acts as Dante's spiritual guide, leading him through Hell (detail from Inferno, oil on canvas by Tommaso De Vivo in Royal Palace of Naples, 1863)