WHO WE ARE

"Because the people suffered so much, she had a great compassion for them in her heart and despite her youth she would fast and pray for them with great devotion and fervor." These words about St. Joan of Arc spoken by her own mother reflect our own passion to improve the lives of people everywhere by teaching the true history of St. Joan in a way that will inspire everyone with St. Joan's amazing story of love and self sacrifice. The Maid of Heaven Foundation was born out of all the work done by author Ben D. Kennedy over the years about St. Joan of Arc. In early 2007 Ben's book Maid of Heaven was first published which was a milestone in literature devoted to St. Joan of Arc being an epic poem that covered her entire life and legacy in a way never before done. The website MaidOfHeaven.com was begun to provide information about the book Maid of Heaven but has ultimately grown into the largest and most visited website in the world about St. Joan of Arc with over a million visitors and over seven million pageviews since going online in 2007. The book Maid of Heaven and the website MaidOfHeaven.com combined represent the largest body of work every completed on Joan of Arc and have become an invaluable resource to everyone from grade school students to graduate scholars seeking to learn all about St. Joan of Arc. The essential mission of the Maid of Heaven Foundation in regard to St. Joan of Arc is to continue to use and expand the existing resources that we possess in the book Maid of Heaven and in the website MaidOfHeaven.com in order to better teach the true history of St. Joan and in so doing to instill in all people the same values that helped Joan to become one of the greatest and most admired people in all of history. LOVE GOD & LIVE FREE!

An excellent Biblical example showing exactly what we are trying to accomplish is found in Hebrews 11 where the Apostle Paul uses the lives of some of God’s greatest saints to inspire Christians with what can be accomplished for God when people have similar faith. In the same way the Maid of Heaven Foundation hopes to inspire everyone with the shining example of St. Joan of Arc to always believe that “with God all things are possible” because if there is one person in all of history who best demonstrated this with their life it was the simple young peasant girl Jehanne who had such incredible faith!

"Oh pure and noble heroine, may the thought of thy great and gracious character infuse into us thy spirit, stir us with thy zeal, and feed us with thy fire! Oh chivalrous Maid, may the contemplation of thy splendid personality strengthen us to hate what is wrong, to love what is right, and to fight for the best! Oh thrice-blessed patriot, may the study of thy sanctity inflame us with the desire to belong more wholly to God our Lord, that as instruments in His hands He may use us, even as He did thee, for the glory of His Name, the triumph of His Church, and the good of our country!"

- THE MAID OF HEAVEN FOUNDATION -
"HELPING RESTORE FREEDOM TO HUMANITY BY TEACHING CHRISTIANS
HOW TO OVERCOME EVIL WITH THE FULL POWER OF GOD!"

Just as Saint Joan of Arc was a Christian who proclaimed her faith in everything that she did so we are Christians who proclaim our faith in all that we do!

WHAT WE BELIEVE:
We believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of Heaven and Maker of Earth;
And in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
He was crucified and dead and buried.
He descended into hell and
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into Heaven where
He sits at God's mighty right hand.
We believe that He's returning to
Judge the quick and the dead of the sons of men.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
One Holy Church,
The communion of Saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
We believe in the resurrection,
We believe in a life that never ends.

We are strictly non-denominational in the old tradition of American armies in the field and therefore welcome anyone who desires to join in with us to help us accomplish our mission.

Our primary philosophy governing how we conduct all of our operations can be summed up as follows:

THE BEST WAY TO OVERCOME DARKNESS IS TO SHINE THE LIGHT!
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can not overcome it" John 1:5

ST. JOAN’S CHALLENGE TO ALL! Do More Than Just Say You Love Your Neighbor! Jesus commands all Christians to: “Love your neighbor[s] as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39 & Mark 12:31) But how many Christians today truly live out His command when they allow the lives of their “neighbors” to be destroyed by the tyranny of others? St. Joan of Arc is a great example for us to follow here because out of her great love for God and her desire to please Him she absolutely refused to allow her “neighbors” to be harmed without doing all she could to help them to live free as God desires. (Galatians 5:13) What a great tragedy it is whenever Christians tell others that they love them but it is only empty spoken words. The Apostle John addressed this problem in 1 John 3:18 when he wrote: “Let us not love in word or talk but in action and in truth!” Unfortunately far too many people go into churches today and are slapped on the back and told they are brothers and sisters in Christ and how much they are loved only to return to the world outside where their lives are being destroyed by a tyrannical government. So let us take up St. Joan’s challenge to all of us to love in “action and in truth” by always fighting any and all tyranny that tries to harm our “neighbors.” Because this is not only how we can truly show our love for our “neighbors” as Jesus desires but is also how we can best live out our love for Him our great and loving God!

"We are devout worshippers of the living God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we go to battle. Our enemies trust in their own strength; we, however, in the name of the living God. Trusting in his mercy, we do not hesitate to give battle to infidels and unbelievers. For we are the Lord’s, whether we live or die."
~ Sir Godfrey of Bouillon
Duke of Lorraine &
1st Defender of the Holy Sepulchre

A Message From The Founder of The Maid of Heaven Foundation I began the Maid of Heaven Foundation in 2016 as a way to help Christians today to be more like St. Joan of Arc and do more than just "retreat" and hide in churches. This may sound a bit harsh for me to say it this way but the pain of seeing our society turn more and more into a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah causes me to have little patience for saying it more gentle. That Christians today have become so inept at being able to effectively resist and overcome evil is a great tragedy that must be remedied if we truly care about pleasing our Father in Heaven who expects us to always be shining lights overcoming darkness in our world. (Matthew 5:14) “…a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.” (Proverbs 1:5) We are all very fortunate to be able to learn from and be inspired by one of God’s most brilliantly shining lights which is why the Maid of Heaven Foundation is named in honor of St. Joan of Arc. When God sent St. Joan into my life many years ago I had no idea how much He would use her to bring me closer to Him. The great lessons I have learned about God from her are ones that every Christian should know who desires to be an effective force for good in our evil infested world. And what may be the greatest lesson of all that I have learned from St. Joan of Arc is just how much God wants us to be inspired by the great “cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1) all around us to live out our lives to the fullest measure of devotion to Him as His saints like Joan have always done. The Maid of Heaven Foundation therefore exists to help all Christians today to actually be able to do more than than just "retreat" and hide in churches. In order to become a great saint of God like Joan of Arc it takes a lot more than just having a lukewarm lightweight faith and the leadership and resources provided by this Foundation will help anyone to be able to become much closer to God. I am particularly pleased with our FREE spiritual training program for helping Christians today to "train yourself for Godliness" (1 Timothy 4:7) in order to be able to Unleash God’s Full Power because it is based upon the teachings of Jesus and the examples of His saints who lived out these teachings in such a powerful way during their lives for the Glory of God. If there has ever been a time in world history when powerful Christians are needed to step up and combat all the evil threatening to overwhelm our society that time is now. With the Blessing of God and the inspiration of all His saints who have gone before us we will help Christians today to become just such saints of God for the good of all humanity and His Eternal Glory!

"Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever!" Daniel 12:3