Snapshots from Saturday at St. Jane House

What a week at St. Jane House! On the heels of Wednesday’s rich and rewarding first discernment workshop held at the Visitation Sister’s lay retreat house, follows another workshop of sorts, engaging more young people from the Northside neighborhood.  The following  images –  taken and submitted by Vis Companion and Read more…

Mass at the Monastery

Speak, Lord, I love to listen to your voice. See, Lord, here I am. It’s Friday, February 19th, 11am,  and Sr. Mary Frances is intoning the opening song at this Lenten season service. We are gathered in the chapel of the the Visitation Monastery on Fremont Avenue in North Minneapolis, Read more…

Recipe for New Nuns?

Last Saturday, a small group of teenage girls,  Visitation Companions, and Visitation Sister, Mary Virginia, convened at St. Jane House (SJH) for an afternoon of cookie baking. Vis Companion and SJH host, Brian Mogren, took a photo  documenting the occasion, and emailed a few words about the collaborative experience to Read more…

The Nuns on Fox 9 News!

The following is the Fox 9 News story that aired on Monday evening, January 25, 2010. The sisters are incredibly grateful to journalist Maury Glover for his sensitivity in reporting on their mission, ministry and community,  and to cameraman Kent for the images of  all that he was able to Read more…