Celebrating Blessed Adele!

"O my God, my heart is too small to love you, but it will make you love so many hearts that the love of all these hearts will make up for the weakness of mine! "

 Mother Adele de Batz de Trenquelléon 
(1789-1828)







With thanks to the Dayton Marianist Family, this week's Spectacle of Saints shares ways to learn more about recently Beatified Founder of the Marianist Sisters, Blessed Mother Adele de Batz de Tranquelleon. She was beatified on Sunday, June 10th. Please take advantage of the following resources to get to know Blessed Adele better! 

Sister Franca Zonta

Sister Franca Zonta (Superior General of the Marianist Sisters) Circular Letter on Adele. It is inspirational and informative! Read it here.

Mary's Eager Optimist by Herbert George Kramer, SM is an "oldie but a goodie." This short booklet was written by Fr. Kramer in the 1940s, but it is still a wonderful, concise resource that captures Adele's spirit. Read the entire document (for free) here

One page biography on Mother Adele, written by Sr. Laura Leming, FMI. Read this resource here.

                                                                                                                                        

Sheet music for Adele's theme song from the musical Spectacle, written by Nick Cardilino.  Find the song here.

A short prayer service marking Adele's Beatification. This would be a great prayer to use in your local community, church, or school group. Find it here.

And of course, there are a plethora of Adele resources on the website for the North American Center for Marianist Studies. They have a listing of free resources, including some of those listed above, as well as a variety of Adele books for sale.

And lastly, you can purchase copies of a popular booklet on Adele, written by Fr. Joseph Stefanelli, SM. However, if you really want to be an expert on all things Adele, we recommend reading the definitive English language biography on Adele, also written by Fr. Stefanelli. Find this book for sale here.

The above information was originally shared in the June 4, 2018 newsletter of the Dayton Marianist Family Council.