by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2014 | Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Saints
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 | Aug 27, 2013 | Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales
Our chat on Sunday touched upon the Spiritual Directory of St. Francis de Sales, especially focusing on the Commentary by Mother Marie Madeleine Ponnet. Unfortunately we cannot find the Commentary on line anywhere though copies are available in monasteries and the...
by Sister Susan Marie | Nov 3, 2012 | MYSTIC OF THE MONTH, Spiritual Directory, Visitation Saints
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...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jul 25, 2012 | Events, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, Visitation News, Visitation Outreach, Visitation Saints
Scientist, Skeptic, Spiritual Leader and Founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Part 1 SCIENTIST Yes, a unique scientist will be beatified on September 22, 2012! His most notable invention? – an astronomical clock! One evening when he was watching the stars...
by Sister Susan Marie | Mar 12, 2012 | Discernment with DeSales, Salesian Spirituality, Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, Vocation news
Popular lyrics and contemporary Christian song notwithstanding (Hillsong United,From The Inside Out) – it was St Francis de Sales(1567-1622) who encouraged conversion from the interior to the exterior. As he wrote in the Introduction to the Devout Life: “As for...
by Sister Susan Marie | Dec 28, 2011 | Spiritual Directory, St. Francis de Sales, Visitation Saints
Fr. Louis Brisson, OSFS, co-founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales was born on June 23, 1817, in Plancy, France, the only child of Toussaint and Savine Brisson. He was educated by a local priest who had a large library. Louis read everything; he had a...