The Family Room (The Quest)

Join co-hosts Mari Cleveland from St. Jude the Apostle and John Gordon and Craig Wesemeyer from St. Peter Chanel as they speak with authors, theologians, and local priests and lay leaders to provide your family encouragement, resources, and hope. Enjoy heartfelt stories and engaging conversations with Catholics who are excited to share their life experiences and acquired wisdom to help your family continue to live out your faith with joy.

Brenda Sharman encourages us to think about the meaning of true beauty and modest fashion. As a young adult, she was crowned Miss Georgia USA and, having worked as a successful model, she knows the fashion and modeling industry as an insider. She has served the Catholic Church as a leader in the globally-acclaimed apostolate, the Pure Fashion Show.

Brenda gives us a more profound, joyful, and faithful vision of beauty and love in the face of social challenges to be humble and modest that are magnified by current entertainment content (e.g., social media, music, movies). As a wife, mother, and advocate for inner beauty and modesty, she shares tips and wisdom for how to raise sons and daughters mindful of the foundational virtue of humility. What a delight to hear how her husband Steve, God, and Transcendent Beauty acted together to attract Brenda to convert to Catholicism. She shares her love of Our Lady, the rosary, and the saints, who give us messages of hope. A humble heart like that of St. Teresa of Calcutta helps us clothe ourselves with humility (1 Peter 5:5). As Christians, following Christ is truly beautiful and enables us to be the change we want to see in the world.

Resources

Key Scripture

  • 1 Peter 5:5-7: “Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: ‘God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.’ So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.”

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