The following post by Marsha West, Monastic Immersion Participant, was excerpted from her blog, “Marsha’s Musings.” Click here to read this in its entirety and see her photo documentation of life at Visitation Monastery north Minneapolis. Saturday morning in the neighborhood-North Minneapolis August, 2012 Visitation Monastery follows a regular schedule: Read more…
From Guest Blogger Claire Kranz, Vis Alumna, Student at St. Louis University Have patience with all things. But, first of all with yourself. ~St. Francis de Sales A lot of us will begin a new school year tomorrow or later this week. The first days of a new year can Read more…
From Guest Blogger Claire Kranz, Vis Alumna, Student at St. Louis University “We are companions on the journey, given to one another as helpers in doing God’s work.” ~St. Jane de Chantal. During my senior year of high school at Visitation, I reflected on a Salesian quote or thought weekly Read more…
Minneapolis, MN—24 October 2011– The Visitation Sisters of Minneapolis have successfully launched a new year-long internship program, the Visitation Internship Program, or VIP Program. The Sisters are excited to welcome two young women as the inaugural participants to the VIP Program. Kelly Schumacher, a Minnesota native and graduate of Augustana Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM “I rejoice to be little, because only children and those who are like them will be admitted to the heavenly banquet.” —- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus I’m sure many of you have out of town guests, especially during the summer months. This year Read more…
by Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM After a torrential midnight rainfall, ominous clouds hovered over our city the morning of Saturday, August 13…the very DAY of our Back to School Party! Our “spiritual meteorologist”, Linda, got busy and by 1:00 pm: not a cloud in the sky!!! At 2:00 pm, Read more…
by Brigid Ryan-Ling, Vis Alumna “As I reflect back on my ‘one wild life’ [from Mary Oliver, The Summer Day], it has been one of growth in faith, seeking insight into life, and being adaptable to what God is calling me to do.” Minneapolis, MN — Sister Katherine Mullin, VHM, 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…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM When the Visitation Order began, our Founders chose November 21 (formerly the memorial of Our Lady’s “presentation” in the temple) as a day that the Sisters would renew their vows together in a devotional way. In this 400th anniversary year of our Order, I felt Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer This time of the year is often called the ‘end time.’ And it certainly is the end of the growing season (except for the evergreens); the end of fresh cut flowers (except for the beautiful apricot tea rose stubbornly clinging to the bush in the Fremont Read more…