WORK WHICH IS STILL UNKNOWN

Work Which is Still UnknownThe Life and Ministry of St. Jeanne JuganFoundress of the Little Sisters of the PoorDVDJeanne Jugan was born in coastal France in 1792 during the deadly years of the French Revolution, the sixth of eight children born to Joseph and Marie Jugan. Her father, a fisherman, was lost at sea when Jeanne was only four. Marie Jugan raised her eight children with grit and unwavering faith, but it was not a life of comfort.Work Which Is Still Unknown tells Jeanne's story. A peasant girl who senses she is called to a special work of God, Jeanne does not know what her call might be. The years and decades unfold. Jeanne works at tasks suited to a peasant girl and woman: nursing the sick, laundry, stitching, working as a lady's companion. But God's call remains unclear.In the frigid winter of 1839, Jeanne comes upon Anne Chauvin, a blind, sick, elderly womna who lay in the street. And with this meeting, the loving care of the elderly poor began, and a seed was sown that wou