by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 1, 2016 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Salesian Spirituality
1858-1914 Any Visitandine will tell you that the name “Mother Ponnet” is synonymous with the “Commentary on the Spiritual Directory”, our guide to the interior life. But this profound commentary was only possible because of Mother Ponnet’s own deep, mystical interior...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 27, 2016 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
400 years of the publication of the Treatise on the Love of God [Arch. dep. Haute-Savoie 1 J 2772] Arch. dep. Haute-Savoie 1 J 2772 in FRANCE The direction of the Departmental Archives of Haute-Savoie offers a series of conferences “around the book,...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 15, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
VisitationSiste: How can we be certain to practice the devotion that is suitable for our state of life and not judge people for choosing a different way to practice devotion? What can we learn from St. Francis about the word vocations? (Notice he does not use the word...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 11, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality
February 2016 Sunday chat: The Nature and Excellence of Devotion 02/04/16 January 2016 Sunday chat: St. Francis de Sales’ Masterpiece 01/29/16 Sunday chat: It Has Changed Our Political Landscape 01/22/16 Sunday chat: Nothing is too small for the Kingdom of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Feb 8, 2016 | Discernment Sundays - Chat Room, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
Have you ever been ridiculed for being “devout” or heard of Christians described as “boring”? Why do you think outsiders consider the devout life to be a negative thing? How does true devotion,for example, “cure the poor of sadness, and...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
On this day when St Francis was nearly 5, St Jane de Chantal was born in Dijon, in 1572. In 1618 on this day, St Francis assisted at the death of his confessor, Father Phillip of Quoex, who was saintly and visited by his guardian Ange. The confessor said of St Francis...