Hello! I am a native of Minnesota, born and raised in Minneapolis. Attending high school at Visitation in St. Paul gave me the best of both worlds! It was there, at Visitation that I met the best nuns in the world! After college at Marymount in New York, I entered Read more…
My earliest contact with the Visitation Sisters was at a Newman Center in Michigan. As a lay person I served as a member of the Pastoral Team, devoting most of my time to liturgy, RCIA and peace and justice programming. The two priests on staff were Oblates of St. Francis Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM WHAT’S COOKIN’? COOKIN’ UP A STORM! SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN WITH…. These could all be appropriate titles for this blogpost but I prefer: LOVE IN THE FOOD. As part of a 400 year old custom, Visitation Sisters exchange rooms (or cells) by drawing lots during Read more…
As part of our commitment to making the Visitation Sisters’ lives and stories visible and audible, we feature some of their biographical information here, alongside their discernment narrative in becoming a Visitation Sister of North Minneapolis. We welcome your responses and own stories: What has shaped you? What has lead Read more…
Posted by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion On Monday, January 24, 2011, the Visitation Sisters of North Minneapolis, along with their lay community, welcomed the newest Visitation Companion, Ms. Jody Tigges. On this Feast Day of St. Francis de Sales, and in this 400th anniversary year of our order’s founding, we Read more…
By Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan, Visitation Alumna ’93 The Invitation: There is a movement of the spirit that is bringing young adults together in urban neighborhoods for prayer, community, and simple living. We, the Visitation Sisters of north Minneapolis, are responding to this movement and offer young adults the chance to Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer Christmas cards are always wonderful to receive — some are poignant; some poetic; some reproductions of the great masters and some home-made; some are photos of real people you know and some rough-hewn wood cut prints. My favorite this year was a wood cut print — Read more…