Hesed
M0nthly Discernment Series
A Desire for Love: How Celibacy Fulfills Desires for Intimacy
Tuesday, November 30
7:00 - 8:30pm EST
Featured Speaker:
Jen Settle
Join us for the next discussion in our online monthly discussions hosted by the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Each month features a new guest speaker and topic related to discerning your vocation.
This month’s talk is “A Desire for Love: How Celibacy Fulfills Desires for Intimacy.” It is completely free and open to all young women discerning religious life. Register today!
Hesed
Monthly Discernment Series
A Desire for Love: How Celibacy Fulfills Desires for Intimacy
Tuesday, November 30
7:00 - 8:30pm EST
Featured Speaker: Jen Settle
Join us for the next discussion in our online monthly discussions hosted by the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Each month features a new guest speaker and topic related to discerning your vocation.
This month’s talk is “A Desire for Love: How Celibacy Fulfills Desires for Intimacy.” It is completely free and open to all young women discerning religious life. Register today!
Movies and music nowadays seem to portray the physical expression of love as the only possible manifestation of love. But the love we truly desire goes deeper than our senses. A relationship with God is far more intimate than any physical relationship we could ever have.
Jen Settle, a consecrated virgin and expert in Theology of the Body, will explain how this intimacy can be lived out in the celibate life.
Key Takeaways of this Session:
The true meaning of intimacy and celibacy
How our desires for love are addressed by Jesus
The session will consist of:
- 30-minute talk
- 30-minute Q&A with the guest speaker
- 30-minute small-group time with other young women
Meet Jen Settle
Jen has been a part of the Theology of the Body Institute since 2008. She currently serves as the director of ongoing formation. In 2017, Jen became a consecrated virgin. The Theology of the Body played an integral role in her vocational discernment.
Jen received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theology and parish ministry from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. She completed the Spiritual Direction Certificate Program at Divine Mercy University and offers spiritual direction for TOBI’s immersion courses. She is also the co-author of the book “Consecration to Jesus through Saint Joseph: An Integrated Look at the Holy Family.”
The session will consist of :
- 30-minute talk
- 30-minute Q&A with the guest speaker
- 30-minute small-group time with other young women
Meet Jen Settle
Jen has been a part of the Theology of the Body Institute since 2008. She currently serves as the director of ongoing formation. In 2017, Jen became a consecrated virgin. The Theology of the Body played an integral role in her vocational discernment.
Jen received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theology and parish ministry from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. She completed the Spiritual Direction Certificate Program at Divine Mercy University and offers spiritual direction for TOBI’s immersion courses. She is also the co-author of the book “Consecration to Jesus through Saint Joseph: An Integrated Look at the Holy Family.”
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opportunity today!
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