The following comes from our community’s planning for this Advent 2015 season. We share to inspire your own planning and journey through this sacred time of year. Theme: Through Darkness to Light We are People of Hope because we believe in both the Promise of Darkness with its capacity for germination, its deep Read more…
Join us for our upcoming Salesian Second Monday, on November 9, 2015, from 6-8:30pm, as Sr. Karen Mohan and Monica Ngeno offer their insights into Pope Francis’ call to be a voice for the voiceless. See how Salesian spirituality helps us to respond to this social justice tenet, “The Fundamental Option for the Poor.” What: Catholic Social Teaching Read more…
by Guest Blogger Aimee Fritsch* Oh my goodness, why does the Pope make me cry? That crossed my mind more than once as my eyes watered up, sitting in the St. Jane House, watching the documentary “The Francis Effect”. The eyes of the world are on him, and I think Read more…
JOIN US! This Sunday, September 13, 2015, from 1-4:30pm, our good friend and Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, Brother Mickey McGrath will be leading a Day of Prayer as part of the celebration of 2015 Year of Consecrated Life. You know Brother Mickey McGrath as the artist who painted the Windsock Read more…
Dear Friends, The Visitation Sisters are happy to announce that we will once again host the Second Monday of the Month Salesian Evenings. Catholic Social Teaching and the Two Francises: Pope Francis and Francis DeSales. Fall 2015 semester dates and times: September 14; 6-8:30pm October 12; 6-8:30pm November 9; 6-8:30pm December 14; Read more…
Wife. Mother. Daughter. Widow. Sister. Friend. Leader. Contemplative Woman of Prayer. Co-foundress of the Visitation Sisters, St. Jane Frances de Chantal embodied and lived many callings in her life. At the heart of her vocation to love and serve God was this ongoing commitment to prayer. Perhaps you find resonance Read more…
by S. Mary Frances Reis, VHM For the past 20+ years the Sisters have sponsored an INNER CITY IMMERSION EXPERIENCE in North Minneapolis as one of the options for Senior Project. It has been a wonderful opportunity for service in this community and to experience another part of town! The Read more…
“Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of acting, of living!” – Pope Francis Perhaps we’ve never met in person? Or you came to like us through a mutual friend or social media? Maybe you’ve never visited a religious sister in a convent? We welcome you to Read more…
Thinking about your career? Wondering how God is calling you in this new year? Contemplating your greatest gifts and passions? Longing to make a move? Unpacking a season of change, struggle, or suffering? Or simply desiring quiet in a community to be still with the concept of vocation? Join us for Read more…
So we had a party. Or rather, a WEEK of parties: merry-making, reflecting, celebrating, giving thanks, and marking our call to found a monastic community in the heart of north Minneapolis twenty-five years ago. From Monday to Sunday, our Salesian friends, family, neighbors, collaborators, and benefactors descended on our little corner Read more…