- Winston Churchill

Joan of Arc, an ordinary French peasant girl has been immortalized as a military leader, martyr and saint. During her early years she heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine and St. Margaret informing her that she had a great mission to fulfil. The purpose of her life was to render her services to her nation.

It was quite incredible that she convinced Dauphin Charles, heir to the French throne to give her an army to end the English occupation of France. In 1429, against all odds, Joan led the French to a great victory at Orleans. It seemed quite incredible as to how a young ordinary girl could accomplish such a herculean task. Her eventual capture, imprisonment, trial and execution provided a dramatic ending to a short but remarkable life.