The following information was sent by our friends at the Northside Achievement Zone, and Northpoint Health and Wellness Center regarding the community in which we pray, live, worship, serve, love, and work. We hold this information about violence in our community in prayer, and invite your positive intentions as well. Read more…
By Sr. Karen Mohan, vhm FAITH PLEASES GOD. That is the inscription on my new blanket. Whose faith? Mine? Or the one who made this soft new covering for my bed? Or the young man who gave it to me? Or the one in whose honor it was given? I Read more…
By Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHS The Jesuits have a way with words. They have coined a well known phrase that some of you might have come across when speaking about an experience in life that is more than one expects or anticipated. To ‘be ruined for life’ is the phrase, Read more…
By Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM The long awaited and now completed month of June remains a dynamic presence in my mind and heart. Beginning with our 400th anniversary celebration on June 6, the days “in review” point to a richness and fullness of life lived in faith community for God’s Read more…
by Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHM What makes a ‘house’ a ‘home’? Approaching the St. Jane House this morning to celebrate its second anniversary, the writing was not exactly on the wall, but beneath our feet: “This is the place of our delight and rest” – the words spoken by Jane Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM Having just celebrated the Ascension, my thoughts and prayers are shifting to the upcoming feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. Perhaps yours are too. This quote on my prayer bench invites me into these preparation days: “To live a religious life takes all Read more…
by Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHM You may wonder who on earth I am referring to…..well, herein lies the breadth and depth of Salesian Spirituality which continues to be re-interpreted for new listeners and old-timers. For our last Salesian Monday night of the year our faithful neighbors and Visitation Companions gathered Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM White and lavender lilacs placed in a glass vase with a sampling of other garden flowers rest at the base of the Marian statue in our second floor Girard house chapel; it serves as a visual reminder of this month specially dedicated to Our Lady. Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM This is a very special week in our community. On April 22, in the intimacy of our community prayer, and with an expansive heart, Sr. Joanna O’Meara will renew her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in our 400 year old Visitation Order as a Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM “HAPPY EASTER!! This can be our daily greeting as the octave of Easter unfolds. Yes, for eight days we are steeping ourselves in the life of Jesus RISEN! Many wonder how Easter is celebrated in our monastic community? Well, I would say, “FULLY!” Every part Read more…