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		<title>Family Valentine Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM
On Saturday, January 28th, our friend Vicki Bailey hosted the 17th annual Valentine Party!  This year had a new twist!  Since families have requested more opportunities to enjoy quality time together, we decided to make this a FAMILY FRIENDLY party.  Ten of our wonderful families came together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplating the Space Between</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion
My cell phone is broken. Technically, the keypad is broken, as I have a non-functioning space bar on my pda. Whenever I go to send a text, or compose a post to update my facebook status, or try to respond to an email via my droid,  I am stymied. Allthewords andlettersandthoughts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join us at the St. Jane House for &#8220;The Help&#8221; on 1/29 at 1pm!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Invitation from Kelly Schumacher, Visitation Intern:
We&#8217;re working on starting a monthly movie offering at the St. Jane House: a time to connect, watch a relevant film, join in discussion, and share in the sacred space that is the St. Jane House!
Our first &#8220;Movie with Jane&#8221; will be this Sunday, 1/29 at 1pm and we&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy St. Francis de Sales Feast Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let us joyfully and exuberantly celebrate our founder&#8217;s Feast Day, and go forth as he encouraged, &#8220;to be a gentle and valiant spirit!&#8221;

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		<title>God is in everything part two&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan, Visitation Alumna
If we are to commit to &#8220;finding God in all things,&#8221; then this informs our discernments; our holy decision making. It colors our perspective, enhances our outlook on life, makes our life feel touched by the sacred, the divine. Our marvelous ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and in its extraordinary space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting on Vocation: the Evolution of our Callings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion
I wonder how each of our tales &#8211; and decades of life -  reveal an  evolution of our callings and the hand of God in our expanding hearts  and minds? &#8211;Melissa

Where are you in your life&#8217;s journey? Are you happily settled in a career? Have you embraced the angsty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;God is in Everything&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.visitationmonasteryminneapolis.org/2012/01/god-is-in-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan, Visitation Alumna
This was the invitation at this past Sunday&#8217;s mass to find our beloved God in everything. The priest giving the homily was quoting St. Ignatius of Loyola, but St. Jane de Chantal and St. Francis de Sales also firmly believed that God was in the ordinary doings of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Epiphany! A Video Reflection Featuring Brother Mickey McGrath&#8217;s Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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The following is the sixth of six video blogs that we are  offering here this Christmas season, courtesy of Brother Mickey O&#8217;Neill  McGrath, Oblate of St. Francis de Sales. Many of you will recognize   Brother Mickey as our dear artist friend who painted our Windsock   Visitation. We are grateful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year Blessings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan, Visitation Alumna
As we approach the epiphany this week, we wish you and all of yours the grace of the new year!
May it be fresh like the newly fallen snow.
May it be laced with the wisdom of the years that precede it.
May it be filled with moments where you are present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Bustle&#8230;.Blessings!</title>
		<link>http://www.visitationmonasteryminneapolis.org/2011/12/christmas-bustle-blessings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion

&#8220;Those who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid the worry and multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.&#8221; &#8212; St. Francis de Sales (LR II 25)
Over the course of the last three weeks, in the midst of holiday bustle, I lost two different wallets. The first slipped out of my [...]]]></description>
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