12th August - St Jane Frances de Chantal -- Widow and foundress of the Order of the Visitation. St Jane Frances de Chantal - Independent Catholic News

12th August - 

St Jane Frances de Chantal - Independent Catholic News: Widow and foundress of the Order of the Visitation. Born of a noble Burgundian family, in 1572, St Jane Frances married a baron at the age of 20. Three of their children died very young but four survived. After only nine years of married life, her husband was killed in a hunting accident. Three years later she met St Frances de Sales, who became her guide and counsellor. When her children became older, she