The Catholic Book of Character and Success: For Young Persons Seeking Lasting Happiness and Spiritual Wealth

by Edward F. Garesché

Help your kids develop maturity, spiritual Awareness, and even nobility. Here is a book for every young person who seeks true success and lasting happiness. In it, Fr. Edward Garesché explains how to find the the success that transcends money, fame, and pleasure. He shows how believers can accept criticism gracefully and use it prudently, how to discipline the imagination, the critical difference between pleasure and happiness, and more.

Genres: Catholic, Personal Development

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Author and mission-aid organizer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, Dec. 27, 1876; d. Framingham, Mass., Oct. 2, 1960. He was a member of one of the old Catholic families of St. Louis, was a graduate of St. Louis University (1896), and received a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis (1898). After practicing law for two years, he entered the Society of Jesus at Florissant, Missouri, on Sept. 7, 1900 and was ordained on June 27, 1912. Garesché's first assignment was a summer's work on the staff of the Jesuit weekly America. He was then assigned in 1913 to intensify the promotion of the Sodality of Our Lady on a national scale. In 1914 he founded the Sodality publication The Queen's Work, and before he left the promotion work in 1922 the magazine had a circulation of 160,000. Daniel A. lord, SJ, succeeded him as promoter; The Queen's Work ceased publication in June 1964.

Reviews

[Jeremy Stephens · Rating 5 out of 5]

With 32 chapters of about 3-4 pages each, this is a great daily devotional not just for Catholics, but for all who want to live a life worth remembering.

[Espresso · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book made a great many good points and juxtaposed the opposite traits. I think it was a good read for the dedicated, but not necessarily a good read for most people, especially children and youth.

[Veronica T · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really made me view the practice of virtue and improving my own character differently. It takes on the dual view that being virtuous both benefits others, but also (more importantly) benefits self; when one follows the virtues and practice God's law in love, happiness will be found. The emphasis on happiness over pleasure, moral integrity over fulfillment of desires really encouraged me to do so, and I absolutely recommend this book for anyone wishing to improve themselves and consequently, society as well. (Also to note, you needn't be of the Catholic faith to read, as there are not even direct mentionings of the Catholic faith through out, but merely emphasizes the virtues and morals common with Catholicism.) (:

[Orchid · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was incredible! I don't say that lightly!