It still awes me that a simple peasant girl born in 1412 born in a small village of Domremy, Bar, France who could not read or write, rose to become a heroine and leader of a French army to defeat the British.
Yet it was her faith, which was inspired by her mother- Isabelle Romee who made sure as a young girl she was instilled with a deep love for the Catholic Church and its teachings.
At the age of 13 after her village had been attacked by the Anglo – Burgundian forces, Joan began to hear voices, which she believed had been sent by God