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Instructions: Fill in the blanks (as best as you can) while we watch the Saints DVD. Answer the rest of the questions for homework.

DVD NOTES – 2 pts. 1Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in France. She was the daughter of a farmer and could not READ or WRITE. 2When Joan was 14 she heard a voice speak from a blaze of light. Later, the lone voice of St. Michael was joined by St. Catherine and St. Margaret. She was scared at first, but the voices kept returning. By the time she was 16 their message was clear: GOD wanted her to SAVE FRANCE and bring about the coronation of a new king, Charles VII. 3Joan had every reason to question why God was choosing her to save France because she knew nothing about WAR STRATEGY or FIGHTING. 4For safety, Joan of Arc would often dress as a MAN. 5At age 17 Joan was appointed commander of the French army. 6Joan was captured by the British and charged with witchcraft, heresy, wearing men’s clothing, and not submitting to the hierarchy of the Church. She was tried in a kangaroo court for 5 months, but she never changed her story. The court ruled her visions were not from GOD, but from THE DEVIL. 7Joan of Arc denounced the voices for only a moment, but later claimed that her voices did come from God. She was condemned as a relapsed HERETIC and was BURNED AT THE STAKE in front of St. Owen’s parish at 19 years of age. 8One of the English said, “We HAVE LOST. We HAVE BURNED A SAINT.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What else did you hear or learn about St. Joan of Arc from the DVD?

St. Joan of Arc

 

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