Jane knew how to love and how to love deeply. After God, her husband came first. No one could take the place reserved for him in her heart. Her children, for all their trouble and the sorrow they caused their mother, could always be sure of an open mind and a willing, supportive hand; in [...]
Jane’s letters to those to whom she offered spiritual direction and to her own Visitation Sisters are replete with words of encouragement and exhortations to patience. She was convinced that we should do all things in God’s time and not in our own hurried and impetuous spirit. Having had to work hard to overcome those [...]
Simplicity was always a favorite virtue of Francis and Jane. In living a simple life with thoughts of God, we will express loyalty, embody charity and generosity, find ordinariness and humility, connect with others and never lose hope, which keeps us all going! As the founders were planning the beginning of this new religious institute, [...]
