Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, credited to Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. (Translated by The Sisters of the Visitation.) Read in English by Eduardo; Christine Lehman; dylandrego; Joseph Tabler; Carol; Larry Wilson; April6090; Colleen McMahon; Kalynda; gsharp88; Nsilvermoon; Mich_elle; Maria de Fátima da Silva; Twinkle; Ken Hallenius Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her husband. St. Francis de Sales was her Spiritual Director and a close friend. After St. Francis de Sales died, St. Vincent de Paul became her spiritual director. These letters, which date from a range of 1611-1641, were written to her saintly spiritual directors, her children and relatives, other nuns and religious, as well many others. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
• Author credits: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 112
• Listed recording duration: 8:00:22

Opening tracks: first 24 of 112

1. 000 - Prefaces — 6:40
2. 001 - Judgement of St. Francis on the Virtue of Mother de Chantal and To St. Francis de Sales — 5:30
3. 002 - To the Same — 2:22
4. 003 - To M. Legros at Dijon — 2:27
5. 004 - The Duke of Savoy to St. Jane Frances de Chantal — 2:07
6. 005 - To Madame d'Auxerre, Foundress of the Monastery of the Visitation at Lyons — 5:09
7. 006 - To St. Francis de Sales — 3:40
8. 007 - To the Sisters of the Monastery of the Visitation of Annecy — 2:26
9. 008 - To Sister Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Assistant and Mistress of Novices at Annecy — 6:46
10. 009 - To Sister Péronne Marie de Châtel at Lyons — 3:42
11. 010 - To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons — 6:47
12. 011 - To the Same — 3:46
13. 012 - To the Same — 6:20
14. 013 - To Sister Péronne Marie de Châtel at Lyons — 7:54
15. 014 - To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons — 4:22
16. 015 - To Sisters Péronne Marie de Châtel and Marie Aimée de Blonay — 8:47
17. 016 - To Mother M. J. Favre — 7:12
18. 017 - To Madame de Gouffier — 1:59
19. 018 - To Mother Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons — 5:52
20. 019 - To Sister Marie Aimée de Blonay, Mistress of Novices at Lyons — 7:11
21. 020 - To the Same — 2:48
22. 021 - To Mother Marie Jacqueline Favre, Superior at Lyons — 6:02
23. 022 - To the Same — 5:54
24. 023 - To Mother Jeanne Charlotte de Bréchard, Superior at Moulins. On the death of the Saint's daughter, Madame de Thorens — 2:39

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