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Following the Spirit Discernment Series

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Women of Prayer: An Invitation this Feast Day of St. Jane de Chantal!

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 Melissa, 6 years6 years ago
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Maundy Thursday: Washing Feet, Loving, Praying, Forgiving

The following post by friend, and Following the Spirit vocation discernment series collaborator, Pastor Karen Wight Hoogheem is reprinted with permission. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-7, 31b-35 If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do tonight? That’s the question Jesus got to answer. Jesus knew the time Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years6 years ago
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Following the Spirit Discernment Series is Back! Register Today….

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…

By Melissa, 6 years ago
Contemplative Posts

Tonglen: A Meditation Tool to Transform Suffering

by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion Heidi’s dad died this week. Margaret lost her daughter to a long battle with cancer. Karen endures chemo, fighting a malignancy in her breast. Serena showed up at our door, seeking cold-weather clothing. Our local priests and church leaders continue to discern a course of leadership and Read more…

By Melissa, 7 years7 years ago
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“How can we hear and respond to God’s call for our lives?”

by Laura Kelly Fanucci, Project Researcher, Collegeville Institute From the time we are children and teenagers, people ask us questions like, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and “What are you going to do with your life?” Sometimes such questions seem exciting and full of possibility. Read more…

By Melissa, 7 years7 years ago
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Practices of Discernment: Learning to Listen – Elijah’s Experience

The following prayer and questions are ones we will draw on in Session Two of our Discernment Series. Session Two is entitled, “Learning to Listen: Practices of Discernment.” We are grateful to our partners at the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research for this curriculum and the resources they offer us. Read more…

By VizMonastery, 7 years7 years ago
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Drawing on the Quakers: Practicing Clearness Committee

by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion “Many of us are drawn to this way of listening and leading in the midst of complex, diverse settings–and we hunger to do it with more integrity and in more connection with others on this path.” – Spirit-Led Leadership: Contemplative Leadership for the 21st Century It’s a Sunday Read more…

By Melissa, 7 years ago
Contemplative Posts

Entering Holy Week through Imaginative Prayer

by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion I keep seeing his feet. The calloused edges of Jesus’ heels, the dark brown of his skin exposed through his sandals. I imagine the way the perfumed oil must soften the leathered texture of his soles, and my own heart cracks open in the process.  Read more…

By Melissa, 8 years8 years ago
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“Following the Spirit:” Discernment Tools for Your Life

by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion Monday, February 25, 2013, marks our second discernment session of the “Following the Spirit” series at St. Jane House. This evening will focus on how we tune in and hear God’s voice and invitation for our lives. What follows are a few links to resources Read more…

By Melissa, 8 years6 years ago
Discernment Tools

A Discernment Story: Part II

by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion When I walked into work that Monday morning, the assistant principal at the school approached me about interviewing for the newly posted teaching position. There were two of us in the Professional Practice School who had been asked to apply — one position. In my Read more…

By Melissa, 8 years8 years ago

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