Description: St Jeanne de Chantal Medal St Francis de Sales Silvertone 1-1/4" dia Jeanne Frances de Chantal, was a French Catholic baroness, widow and nun who founded the Oder of the Visitation of Holy Mary, a religious order that accepted women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age. When people criticized her, Chantal famously said, "What do you want me to do? I like sick people myself; I'm on their side." During its first eight years, the new order also was unusual in its public outreach, in contrast to most female religious who remained cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices. St. Francis de Sales has been styled "the Gentleman Saint" because of his patience and gentleness. He is described as intelligent and handsome, tall and well built with blue-grey eyes, somewhat reserved and quiet, and a welcome guest in the homes of the nobility among whom his father had connections. Francis de Sales attended a theological discussion about predestination, convincing him of his damnation to hell. A personal crisis of despair resulted. His great despair made him physically ill and even bedridden for a time. He visited the old parish of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Paris, where he prayed the "Memorare" before a famed statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, a Black Madonna. He consecrated himself to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and decided to dedicate his life to God with a vow of chastity. Along with St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Sales founded the women's Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines). Sales also established a small community of men, an Oratory of St. Philip Neri, with himself as the superior or Provost. This work, however, was crippled by his death, and that foundation soon died out. #318
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