by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM Our Advent theme at the monastery is Vigiling. As I began my personal Advent journey this year I realized some of my ways of preparing for this time were marked with the familiar, such as a place for an Advent wreath in my personal prayer space Read more…
by Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM Twenty six years ago, on our one-year anniversary in the neighbhorhood, a gentleman by the name of Peter Hayden came to our door with a gift of individual filet mignon steaks for each of us. He also had a request. He told us he Read more…
By Dave Nimmer, Guest Blogger When Maria and Pedro Ochoa came to Minneapolis in September, 1994 – having fled the turmoil, unrest and violence in their native Guatemala – they were seeking a better life for themselves and their family. Since then, they’ve learned English, found a job, got an Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM Trips to special places are not complete until a photo is taken at a memorable location. Two of the photos shown here are from a favorite “photo op” site in Annecy, France, birthplace of the Visitation Order. Sr. Susan Marie from our Visitation Monastery in Brooklyn, my Read more…
by Dave Nimmer, Guest Blogger Sondra Samuels is not a shrinking violet who wilts under pressure or withers from conflict or criticism. That’s part of the territory when you’re the CEO of the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ), a partnership of community organizations and schools with a jaw-tightening task: to prepare 2,300 Read more…
By Aimee Fritsch, Visitation Resident Lay Community I can’t believe the day is finally here; I’m writing this blog post from 20,000 feet, on my way to Germany. I’ll be there for a few days before traveling on to Krakow, Poland, meeting up with a friend from college as well Read more…
Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM Greeting to our Faithful web site and Facebook readers! As I compose this overview of our summer on the Northside, we are grieving and praying with families all over who have known the tragedy and horror of violence these past weeks. Our prayers go across the river to Falcon Read more…
By Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM We first met Sister Jean Thuerauf in August 1989 at her first Cookie Cart Bakery she started in North Minneapolis. “If you are moving to North Minneapolis you need to meet Sister Jean,” advised our friend, Dick Rice. As we walked into the un- Read more…
by Dave Nimmer, Guest Blogger A NOTE OF APPECIATION: Dave Nimmer has traveled with us the 27 year journey of the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis. His unconditional love and presence to our community from Day #1 moved us to honor him with our Cross of Affiliation. No one knows more Read more…
The following meditation on Anne Goetze’s mixed media artwork, “Pray to Love, Love to Pray” comes from Sr. Brenda Lisenby. A black habited woman walks away, down a corridor. Her walking is a gentle walk, a knowing walk, a quiet walk. I cannot see her face, but I know it Read more…