Fain-Les-Moutiers

We had the opportunity to travel to Fain-Les-Moutiers. It was there that we were able to see where St. Catherine was born and grew up. She lost her mother at a young age and asked Mary to be her mother. She was not able to be educated because of her mother’s absence. At the age of 18, she went away to learn to read and write.
When she was young she had a dream about a man who was beckoning her. Later she learned that the man in her dream was St. Vincent de Paul. She became a Daughter of Charity after years of requesting her father’s permission.
The pictures that accompany this blog is from St. Catherine’s home in Fain and the sisters on our journey there.

So, it's awesome to walk into a saint's house. It's awesome to sit in a church where that person prayed and began their journey of sanctity. It's also awesome to experience the ongoing effects of that life today. While in Fain, I enjoyed the Daughters of Charity that are living and serving there today. Their wonderful hospitality could only be compared to St. Catherine herself. When you belong to this great international group - you are home in so many places. I felt that "homeness" in Fain. Catherine's home is our home too. I love to see how the sisters love carrying on her ministry of compassion. It was a special grace for me to be with the D.C.'s in that place.