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John Sester, LC

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Brother John Sester is a Legionary of Christ religious, seminarian, creative writer, and art enthusiast.

He grew up in a quiet town in central Minnesota until "joining up" as a religious brother with the Legionaries of Christ. He enjoys fiction and storytelling, movies, and anything that involves creativity and imagination. He also dabbles in singing, playing instruments, songwriting, sketching, digital painting, poetry, and short stories; and has been working on a novel trilogy for almost eight years.

After two years of Novitiate (spiritual formation), he studied Classical Humanities at the Legionaries of Christ College in Connecticut, and then Philosophy and Theology at the Pontifical Atheneum Regina Apostolorum in Rome. He also spent two y ...more

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Piloncilus: A Rhentarri Story

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Available on Royal Road, Substack and Wattpad

To give "Piloncilus" a little more exposure, I'll be posting this story online on some other free sites. Find them there, vote, and share... Then you can mark it as "read" here on Goodreads and add it to your Reading Challenge.

For now, the sites will be: Royal Road, Substack, and Wattpad. Keep an eye out for "Piloncilus".

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Mark of the Raven (The Ravenwood Saga, #1)

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The Ascent of Mount Carmel

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Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
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