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St. Jane Frances de Chantal St. Jane Frances de Chantal born January 28, 1572 in Dijon, France was beatified November 21, 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV and canonize July 16, 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. St. Jane Frances de Chantal is honored in the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of forgotten people, in-law problems, loss of guardians, and widows. One way Jane shared her blessings was by giving bread and soup personally to the poor who came to her door. Often people who had just received food from her would pretend to leave, go around the house and get back in line for more. When asked why she let these people get away with this, Jane said, “what if God turned me away when I came back to him again and again with the same request?” When Jane’s husband Christophe was killed in a hunting accident Jane’s happiness was shattered. Before she died, her husband forgave the man who shot him, saying to the man, “Don’t commit the sin of hating yourself when you have done nothing wrong.” Jane however had a hard time forgiving the man for a long time. At first she tried just greeting him on the street. When she was able to do that, she invited him to her house and eventually forgave the man so fully she became his son’s godmother. Her commitment to God impressed Saint Frances de Sales, the bishop who became her leader and best friend. With Francis support, Jane founded the Visitation order for women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age. Her advice often reflected her very gentle and loving approach to spirituality: “Should your fall even fifty times a day, never on any account should that surprise or worry you. Instead, ever so gently set your heart back in the right direction and practice the opposite virtue, all the time speaking words of love and trust to our Lord after you have committed a thousand faults, as much as if you had committed only one. Once we have mumbled ourselves for the faults of God allows us to become aware of in