This is The Dove and Rose, a newsletter about A holy expression of Jehannian-Thérèsian French Catholic Spirituality.

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I am a business and educational professional with 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. I converted to the Catholic Church prior to my marriage in 1985.

STE. THÉRÈSE

Touched deeply by the life of St. Thérèse 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 Thérèse as my guide.

STE. JEANNE D'ARC

Led to confront my inner most being on that lonely, mystical hill of Calvary, I discovered that Jesus had called another mighty saint to walk with me through that dark and awful night of self-confrontation that leads us in Christ to true freedom. That saint, a spiritual sister to Thérèse, was Joan of Arc.

FRANÇAIS

 I am spiritually French, American by birth and devoted to true Catholic and Royal France through the saintly inspiration and sisterly care of St. Joan and St. Thérèse.

CATHOLIC

I am traditional in heart and in personal devotion. I am in full communion with the Pope in Rome and the Magisterium of the Church. I accept all the truths proclaimed by the Magisterium and reject none.

ROYALIST

St. Joan and St. Thérèse establish in us a Royal Heart. Devotion to the Monarchy, especially the French Catholic Monarchy, is an expression of my spirituality, even more than of my socio-political positions.

MY PROJECT

The Dove and Rose is an attempt to model my journey with St. Joan and St. Thérèse from its spiritual beginnings to its philosophical foundations. I prefer not to promote my work aggressively beyond making others aware of its existence. I work on a gather-or-disperse basis.

~ Walter Emerson

“St. Joan of Arc and St. Thérèse of Lisieux are to my spirituality what wet is to water or light is to the day.”

Are you interested in the complete, one volume anthological expression of The Dove and Rose? You can find it on Amazon (Walter Adams Pen Name).

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