ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 24th of August WELCOME! SAINT JOAN ANTIDE-THOURET, VIRGIN [Also commemorated on May 23.] On August 24, one of the saints remembered by the Church is Saint Joan Antide-Thouret. She was born in France in 1755 and lived at a time of great change during the French Revolution but this did not stop St Joan from living the life and vocation that she wanted. A TIME OF GREAT CHANGE DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION At the age of sixteen, after her mother had died, St Joan looked after her father in the village of Besancon. However, in 1787 she felt called by God to enter the Sisters of Charity at Paris. There two serious illnesses interrupted her religious training and in 1794, due to the turmoil around them, the sisters had to disperse. DUE TO THE TURMOIL, THE SISTERS HAD TO DISPERSE St Joan returned to her hometown and ran a school for the village children. When political conditions improved the local Vicar General invited St Joan to o...