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"It was never my intention to have a Sanctuary for Wolves and Wolf-dogs. However, my experience is that there are no accidents, and even coincidences may be best described as situations in which God chooses to remain anonymous."

Grandmother Jean with Grandmother Timbre -2004

" My first hands-on experience with a wolf was White Tornado, in 1976. She was a white wolf living with Grandmother Twylah Nitsch of the Seneca -Wolf Clan-Nation, my friend, and a mentor who has blessed my life. 

White Tornado was an amazing animal, full of energy and love. She showed me the gentleness of her kind and the love and spiritual learning that they can give to us. 

I have always been fascinated with the Indian lore of the Wolf and their mysticism and  feel myself privileged to be able to experience it first hand."

Reverend Jean LeFevre has a lifelong compassionate interest in both  humanitarian and animal rights.

Jean has lived in Europe, India and Tanzania and has traveled to many other points of the globe in pursuit of knowledge, spiritual growth and the desire to help those in need, both two-legged and four-legged.

She was the first woman in Madras, India, to receive a "License to Operate Flying Machines." She received her training from the man who held the fifth pilots license to be issued in England. This story is pretty amazing and very humorous. You'll have to ask her about it sometime!

In 1950 she enrolled the first Girl Guides (Scouts) on the slopes of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Later she received the Long Service medal and Certificate of Merit for her work with the Red Cross.

While living in England, she has thrice been honored as one of the "Women of the Year."

In 1976, Jean was initiated into the Seneca Wolf Medicine Lodge and studied with Twylah Nitsch, an elder of the Seneca -Wolf Clan- Nation. Then in 1990, at a meeting of the Elders at Wolf Song, she was made a Peace Elder and was given the title of Grandmother.

With a bequest from a friend of 12,000 British pounds (approximately $21,000), Jean started up The Kit Wilson Trust in Heathfield, England which supported spaying and neutering of animals. In 25 to 30 years the trust has grown to become one of the most respected animal welfare sanctuaries in the UK.

This amazing woman is also an ordained Minister of The Church of Saint John and has a Ph.D. in Pastoral Counseling - specializing in the field of Eschatology. This is a branch of theology concerning the study of death and the ultimate destiny of humankind.

Jean and her husband (of 60 years in 2007), John LeFevre,  now reside in Montgomery, Texas, where they continue the work of the White Eagle Lodge and started The Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary.

But then again, she does everything with grace and humility! There is so much she has accomplished in just a single lifetime that we here at the Sanctuary are trying to encourage her to write her stories down, so that they can be compiled into a biography. Jean's life is filled with adventure, intrigue, spiritual awakening, deep emotional ties and all the ingredients of which fictional novelists can only dream!

When asked what she is most proud of in her life, she responded, "My heart and my main pride is of my three wonderful sons, my beautiful daughters-in-law, and my eleven incredible grandchildren. All of whom have their own stories!" 

Jean is a role model to whom we ALL (men and women) can look. She is a woman who proves, without being controlling, that women are capable of accomplishing anything and everything they put their minds to!

We thank her for her spirit, her determination, her gentle ways, and her radiant grace!