Jane receiving the Constitutions
for her community from Francis.

Religious Life

Troubled with anxiety to know God's Will, she finally came under the direction of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva. To each of these chosen souls had been vouchsafed a vision of the other, so that when they finally met it was with sudden and happy mutual recognition. Provision being made for the settlement of her worldly affairs and for the future establishment of her children, the Baroness de Chantal went to Annecy to be Mother Superior of the little group that was to become the Sisters of the Visitation. St. Jane de Chantal died at the age of sixty-nine, on December 13, 1641, after having served the most of that time as Mother Superior of the Convent of Annecy. Many miracles are attested as having been performed through her prayer during life, and many more since the time of her holy death. She was canonized by Pope Clement XIII on July 16, 1767. Pray to her whose motherly heart never has been known to refuse help to the needy, comfort to the afflicted, or advice and assistance to those in temporal or spiritual difficulty.

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