Philip Sheldrake 
Surrender to Christ for Mission [EPUB ebook] 
French Spiritual Traditions

CONTENTS

Contributors

Preface

Introduction

Philip Sheldrake

Part One

Chapter One

Abandoned for Love: The Gracious Legacy of French Spiritual Traditions

Wendy M. Wright

Chapter Two

Surrendering to Christ for Mission: The Transformation of a Young Enthusiast

Frank Santucci, OMI

Chapter Three

A Distant Mirror: Is the French School of Spirituality Still Relevant?

Ronald D. Witherup, PSS

Part Two

Chapter Four

Captured Yet Free: The Rich Symbolism of the Heart in French Spirituality

Wendy M. Wright

Chapter Five

Oasis of Gentleness in a Desert of Militancy: François de Sales’s Contribution to French Catholicism

Thomas A. Donlan

Chapter Six

Women and the French School of Spirituality

Mary Christine Morkovsky, CDP

Chapter Seven

Saint Vincent de Paul: The Practical Mystic

Thomas F. Mc Kenna, CM

Chapter Eight

Sanctification, Solidarity, and Service: The Lay Spirituality of Antoine Frédéric Ozanam

Raymond L. Sickinger

Chapter Nine

Abandonment and Apostolic Charity in Thérèse of Lisieux, Daughter of the “French School”

Mary Frohlich, RSCJ

Chapter Ten

Our Perennial Fascination with Thérèse of Lisieux

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

Epilogue: Fragments of Our Conversation—Some Poignant Echoes

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

Index

Philip Sheldrake is professor and director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality at Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas. He is also senior research associate of the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, and senior research fellow in the Cambridge Theological Federation (Westcott House). Philip Sheldrake trained in history and theology and was awarded the DD (Higher Doctorate) in 2015 by the University of Oxford. He has taught and written extensively on Christian spirituality, is author or editor of seventeen books, and is past president of the international Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.