Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

by Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

112 chapters8h 0mEnglish1917

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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her husband. St. Francis de Sales was her Spiritual Director and a close friend. After St. Francis de Sales died, St. Vincent de Paul became her spiritual director. These letters, which date from a range of 1611-1641, were written to her saintly spiritual directors, her children and relatives, other nuns and religious, as well many others. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Chapters (111)

1Judgement of St. Francis on the Virtue of Mother de Chantal and To St. Francis de Sales

330

2To the Same

142

3To M. Legros at Dijon

147

4The Duke of Savoy to St. Jane Frances de Chantal

127

5To Madame d'Auxerre, Foundress of the Monastery of the Visitation at Lyons

309

6To St. Francis de Sales

220

7To the Sisters of the Monastery of the Visitation of Annecy

146

8To Sister Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Annecy

406

9To Sister Péronne Marie de Châtel at Lyons

222

10To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

407

11To the Same

226

12To the Same

380

13To Sister Péronne Marie de Châtel at Lyons

474

14To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

262

15To Sisters Péronne Marie de Châtel and Marie Aimée de Blonay

527

16To Mother M. J. Favre

432

17To Madame de Gouffier

119

18To Mother Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

352

19To Sister Marie Aimée de Blonay, Mistress of Novices at Lyons

431

20To the Same

168

21To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

362

22To the Same

354

23To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins. On the death of the Saint's daughter, Madame de Thorens

159

24To M. de Neuchèze, the Saint's nephew

164

25To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

303

26To Madame de la Fléchère

131

27To Sister Paule Jéronyme de Monthoux, Mistress of Novices at Annecy

280

28To M. Michel Favre, Confessor to St. Francis de Sales, and to the Religious of the Visitation at Annecy

385

29To Sister Anne Marie Rosset, Assistant at Annecy

146

30To Sister Paul Jéronyme de Monthoux, Mistress of Novices at Annecy

160

31To Madame de la Fléchère

161

32To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins

230

33To Mother Péronne Marie de Châtel, Superior at Grenoble

34To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

294

35To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons

116

36To the Sisters of the Visitation of Bourges

108

37To the Sisters of the Visitation of Moulins

162

38To Mother Péronne-Marie de Châtel, Superior at Grenoble

187

39To Mademoiselle de Chantal

215

40To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins

382

41To Mademoiselle de Chantal

227

42To Sister Marie-Marthe Legros, at Bourges

205

43To Madame du Tertre

178

44To M. de Palierne, Treasurer of France at Moulins

663

45To St. Francis de Sales

173

46To Madame de la Fléchère

184

47To the Countess de Toulonjon

131

48To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Montferrand

277

49To M. de Neuchèze

199

50To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris

229

51To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Dijon

374

52To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris

195

53To Mother Marie Hélène de Chastellux, Superior at Moulins

432

54To Sister Marie Marguerite Milletot at Dijon

55To Sister Françoise Gasparde de la Grave, Assistant to the Superior at Belley

192

56To Mgr. the Bishop of Autun

128

57To Sister Anne Marie Rosset, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Dijon

196

58To the Rev. Father Dom John de Saint François, General of the Order of Feuillants

914

59To a Religious of the First Monastery of the Visitation at Paris

217

60To the Countess de Toulonjon

253

61To Sister Anne Catherine de Sautereau, Mistress of Novices at Grenoble

203

62To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris

171

63To the Same

148

64Mother Marie Adrienne Fichet, Superior at Rumilly

235

65To the Sisters of the Visitation

1348

66To Sister Anne Marie de Lage de Puylaurens, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Bourges

154

67To the Baron de Chantal, the Saint's Son

139

68To the Same

162

69To M. de Coulanges, Junior, at Paris

70To the Countess de Toulonjon

104

71To the Same

119

72To Mother Marie-Adrienne Fichet, Superior at Rumilly

252

73To Mother Anne Catherine de Beaumont, Superior of the First Monastery of Paris

202

74To a Visitation Superior

201

75To Mother Jeanne Hélène de Gérard, Superior at Embrun

269

76To Sister Françoise-Angélique de la Croix de Fésigney, Mistress of Novices at Riom

186

77To St. Vincent de Paul

245

78To the Countess de Toulonjon

193

79Extract from a letter to Mother Favre

80To Sister Anne Marguerite Clément at Orleans

110

81To Mother Catherine-Charlotte de Crémaux de la Grange

275

82To M. Poiton, at Chambery

217

83To Dom Galice, Barnabite Father at Montargis

202

84To the Same

85To Mother Anne Marguerite Clément, Superior at Montargis

137

86To Sister Marie Denise Goubert, of the First Monastery of Lyons

150

87To Dom Galice, Barnabite Father at Montargis

171

88To Sister Marie Aimée de Morville, at Moulins

365

89To M. de Coysia, Counsellor to the Royal Senate of Savoy

148

90To the Countess de Toulonjon, at Pignerol

174

91To Mgr. André Frémyot, formerly Archbishop of Bourges (the Saint's brother)

286

92To a blind Sister

161

93To Sister Bonne Marie de Haraucourt at Nancy

364

94To Sister Paule Jéronyme de Monthoux, Sister Deposed, at Blois

420

95To M. Noël Brulart, the Commander de Sillery

409

96To the Countess de Toulonjon, at Alonne

146

97Extract from a letter to M. Noël Brulart, the Commander de Sillery, at Paris

188

98To the Countess de Toulonjon

565

99To Sister Marie Aimée de Rabutin, Mistress of Novices at Annecy

151

100To M. Noël Brulart, Commander de Sillery, at Paris

482

101To Mother Marie Agnes Le Roy, Superior of the Second Monastery of Paris

171

102To Sister Anne Louise de Marin de Saint Michel, Superior at Forcalquier

265

103To the Abbê de Vaux

355

104To a great Servant of God

671

105To Mother Marie Aimée de Rabutin, Superior at Thonon

166

106To St. Vincent de Paul at Paris

176

107To Sister Claire-Marie-Françoise de Cusance at Gray

308

108To Sister Jeanne Benigne Gojos, Lay Sister at Turin

143

109To the Sister Louise-Angélique de la Fayette, at the First Monastery of Paris

429

110To Madame the Duchess de Montmorency (née des Ursins)

178

111To a Novice

167

Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

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