...This chapter discusses Claire's journey to Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre and her gradual awakening to her national mission of saving France from secularization, of fighting for France's soul, and of reclaiming France's status. Under the tutelage of Bourget in Saint Laurent, Claire's visions and message...

... encounter with Jesus followed an act of disobedience to her mother. Her earliest recorded vision of Jesus involved a contest of power in which she must decide whether to submit to the authority, just as her national “mission” during the war set her on a path where she would collide with both religious...

...This chapter discusses the unraveling of Claire's national mission. In 1917, the petition for the consecration intensified. From a personal redemption, the national debate shifted to national redemption. Claire and the Lay Catholics carried out a national petition-drive to persuade the government...