Practical Guide — George Deshon, C.S.P.

Guide for Catholic Young Women

Name: Guide for Catholic Young Women
Author: George Deshon, C.S.P.

First published 1910. Deshon's Guide for Catholic Young Women: Especially for Those Who Earn Their Own Living (thirty-fifth edition, 1910), transcribed page by page from the print with every word preserved. Download: PDF · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Internet Archive.

The Paulist missionary’s counsels for working girls — prayer, confession and communion, honesty in service, company-keeping and marriage, purity, cheerfulness, and the sanctification of ordinary work — a whole rule of life for one state of life.

The book’s own contents, as printed: Contents (as printed)

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Title Pages and Approvals
Contents (as printed)
Preface
Chapter I: A Good Girl Has Reason to Be Satisfied with Her Condition in Life
Chapter II: Advantages of a Life of Labor
Chapter III: Advantages of a Life of Humiliation and Subjection
Chapter IV: Example of Saint Isidora
Chapter V: A Good Girl Has No Need to Be Sad Because of Her Want of Opportunity to Acquire Worldly Knowledge
Chapter VI: Necessity of a Deep and Settled Principle to Cling Closely to God
Chapter VII: How to Commence to Ground This Principle in the Heart
Chapter VIII: How to Increase in the Love of God, or of Prayer in General
Chapter IX: Daily Exercises of Prayer. — Morning Prayer
Chapter X: Continuation
Chapter XI: Renewal of Good Intention
Chapter XII: Of Prayer During the Day
Chapter XIII: Of Night Prayers
Chapter XIV: Objections Answered
Chapter XV: Advantage of Spending Sunday Well
Chapter XVI: Of Working on Sunday
Chapter XVII: On Attendance at Mass. — Excuses for Neglecting It
Chapter XVIII: Excuses for Not Attending Mass
Chapter XIX: How to Assist at Mass
Chapter XX: Of Reading Good Books
Chapter XXI: Of Reading the Bible
Chapter XXII: Continuation
Chapter XXIII: How to Read the Bible
Chapter XXIV: Of Other Good Books
Chapter XXV: On the Nature of the Sacraments
Chapter XXVI: Confession a Remedy for Sin
Chapter XXVII: Continuation
Chapter XXVIII: We Must Not Put Off the Use of This Remedy
Chapter XXIX: Example of St. Mary of Egypt
Chapter XXX: Scruples of the Good Concerning Confession
Chapter XXXI: Scruples Concerning Contrition
Chapter XXXII: We Must Have the Spirit of Penance
Chapter XXXIII: What the Holy Communion Is
Chapter XXXIV: Effects of Communion
Chapter XXXV: Preparation for Communion
Chapter XXXVI: Behavior at and After Communion
Chapter XXXVII: How Often Should One Receive Communion?
Chapter XXXVIII: On Special Devotions
Chapter XXXIX: Of Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament
Chapter XL: On Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chapter XLI: Devotion to Saints
Chapter XLII: True Idea of Service
Chapter XLIII: True Idea of Service. — How to Correspond to It
Chapter XLIV: True Idea of Service.—examples
Chapter XLV: On the Choice of a Place
Chapter XLVI: How to Regard One’s Employers
Chapter XLVII: Continuation.—examples
Chapter XLVIII: Continuation
Chapter XLIX: Doctrine of Scripture on This Subject
Chapter L: Of Diligence
Chapter LI: Advantages of Diligence
Chapter LII: On Honesty
Chapter LIII: Continuation
Chapter LIV: Advantages of Honesty
Chapter LV: Different Kinds of Dishonesty.—wastefulness
Chapter LVI: Dishonesty on the Pretext of Charity
Chapter LVII: Dishonesty Arising From Gluttony
Chapter LVIII: Dishonesty on the Pretext of Insufficient Wages
Chapter LIX: Co-operation in Dishonesty
Chapter LX: Practical Directions in This Matter
Chapter LXI: On Spying and Listening
Chapter LXII: Obligation of Secrecy
Chapter LXIII: On Holy Purity
Chapter LXIV: On Evil Thoughts
Chapter LXV: Custody of the Eyes
Chapter LXVI: Of Evil Conversations
Chapter LXVII: Of Modesty in Dress
Chapter LXVIII: Advantages of Modesty in Dress
Chapter LXIX: Of Modesty in Dress.—continuation
Chapter LXX: On Truthfulness
Chapter LXXI: Scripture on Lying
Chapter LXXII: The Devil’s Pretexts for Lying
Chapter LXXIII: Examples of Truthfulness
Chapter LXXIV: Whether to Marry or Not
Chapter LXXV: Continuation
Chapter LXXVI: Great Need of Prudence
Chapter LXXVII: What Intimacies to Form
Chapter LXXVIII: Of Mixed Marriages
Chapter LXXIX: Behavior During Courtship
Chapter LXXX: Continuation
Chapter LXXXI: The Right Idea of Married Life
Chapter LXXXII: Of the Marriage Ceremony
Chapter LXXXIII: How to Behave in Sickness.—conclusion