Jane de Chantal: Episode One
The Saints
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🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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🗺️ Jane de Chantal - Episode One: Dijon
The city of Dijon. France. 1579. The Protestant Reformation has caused deep divisions between French Catholics and their Calvinist countrymen, known as “the Huguenots”. In one prominent Catholic family, a seven-year-old girl has surprisingly strong opinions on the matter. This is the story of Jane de Chantal.
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Jane de Chantal's life teaches profound virtues of patience, faith, and charity. In the face of great suffering, she exemplified total faith in God. Her devotion as a wife, mother, and later a widow is a portrait of selflessness in daily life. Through her generosity and care for others, she demonstrated true Christian charity, transforming personal loss into a life of service. Her meeting with Saint Francis de Sales highlights the significance of courage in following God’s call.
This series contains moments of intensity, including raised voices and arguments. Catholics and Protestants engage in a street brawl. As a child, Jane is angry with a Huguenot, and angrily tells him that he will go into the fire if he does not change his ways. A mother’s death in childbirth is referenced. Huguenots threaten to behead a Catholic. An eventually fatal hunting accident is described.
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| 0:00.0 | The city of Dijon in France, 1579. |
| 0:05.0 | The Protestant Reformation has caused deep divisions between French Catholics and their Calvinist countrymen known as the Huguenots. |
| 0:14.0 | And in one prominent Catholic family, a seven-year-old girl has surprisingly strong opinions on the matter. This is the story |
| 0:23.6 | of Jane Deschantal. The Saints. Adventures of Faith and Courage. Jane Dechantau. Episode 1, Dijon. |
| 0:39.8 | Listen to all the episodes |
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| 1:04.5 | Ah, stop my Greek. You're hurting me. |
| 1:07.5 | Sit still, Jane. |
| 1:08.8 | Baba asked me to brush your hair. |
| 1:10.5 | I don't want my hair brushed. |
| 1:12.5 | What's wrong with you today? I'm angry. Why? The man in the parlor with Papa. What has he done |
| 1:19.5 | to make you angry? He's a Huguenot. Papa is in our local parliament. He has to work with a lot |
| 1:26.1 | of Huguenots. But this one's in our house! |
| 1:28.3 | That's not nice. |
| 1:30.3 | Are you finished yet? |
| 1:31.3 | Finally. |
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