Cheerful Ascetic: The Life of Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R

Cheerful Ascetic: The Life of Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R by Michael J. Curley. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780972716901.

Meet the CHEERFUL ASCETIC, Father Francis Xavier Seelos, a 19th century Redemptorist missionary priest. Many miracles are attributed to Father Seelos intercession, both during his life and after his death in 1867. His life and virtues have been approved by the church as heroic and he was the only North American to be declared Blessed in the Jubilee Year 2000. This revised and updated second edition captures the totality of Father Seelos piety and personality and links us to a Powerful Intercessor that we can realistically identify with and hopefully emulate.