SFS & Jane de Chantal

By: Wendy Wright

ISBN: 081982738X

ISBN-13: 9780819827388

Pauline Books & Media (2017)

Number of Pages: 144

From the Introduction by the Author: Over the years I have had opportunities to continue to study Francis, Jane, and Salesian spirituality from a variety of perspectives. Although I have written extensively, I am delighted to be asked to pen a joint biography, quite a different task than considering simply the two saints’ relationship. It has given me a perspective from which I have never viewed the two of them before. For while the spiritual bond of friendship is at the heart of both their lives, Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal were also persons with very different life experiences and personalities. Their shared relationship did not fully define either of them. They were regarded by their contemporaries and by posterity in distinct ways. It is with delight that I turn again to the story of these two most attractive saints and see that story anew. It is a story that survives the centuries and speaks poignantly and powerfully in our present age.