The Dove and Rose: Personal Reflections on Devotion to St. Joan of Arc and St. Therese of Lisieux

Publisher Marketing: The fourth edition of The Dove and Rose is a series of essay reflections designed to inflame your heart with love for Sts. Joan of Arc and Therese of Lisieux. Its purpose is to allow you to open your heart to their saintly, sisterly influence that they might lead you to the center of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in order to perfect your consecration to Mary for the glory of Jesus Christ her Son. It is about going to Jesus through Mary in the friendship and sisterly care of Sts. Joan and Therese! I hold an undergraduate degree in Economics from Princeton University and a Master's Degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University. I am married and the father of one child. Raised a Methodist in the Bible Belt and surrounded with evangelicalism as a youth, I converted to the Catholic Church prior to my marriage in 1985. Touched deeply by the life of St. Therese of Lisieux and imbued with a filial love for Mary, I set out on a life-long spiritual journey to "seek first" Christ's Kingdom with Therese as my guide. Eventually led to confront my inner most being on that lonely, mystical hill of Calvary, I discovered through Mary's maternal guidance and Therese's sisterly care that Jesus had called another mighty saint to walk with me and to protect me through that dark and awful night of self-confrontation that leads us in Christ to true freedom. That saint, a spiritual sister to Therese, was Joan of Arc. These reflections are designed to help those who also desire to seek that Kingdom in union with Mary and with those whom I like to call my "saintly sisters," St. Joan and St. Therese. Please note that this volume contains significant excerpts from my book Fleur-Darc. Walter Adams Contributor Bio:  Adams, Walter Walter Adams is an educator, experienced business executive, and self-published Catholic author who holds an A. B. in Economics from Princeton University and a Masters Degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University. A former Methodist who was also familiar with Evangelical communities as a youth, Walter joined the Catholic Church on Easter of 1985. Walter's works are personal testimonials to the sublime benefits of True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin as formulated by St. Louis de Montfort as well as to "Le Royaume," the kingdom blessed of St. Joan of Arc and St. Therese of Lisieux. Le Royaume is the mystical Kingdom of France belonging to Jesus Christ as King of Kings, to the Virgin Mary as our heavenly Queen who holds the Fleur-de-lis dear to her heart, and to Sts. Joan and Therese, who are the secondary co-patronesses of France. "To Jesus through Mary in the friendship and sisterly care of Sts. Joan and Therese!"