Posted by Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan, Visitation Alumna Monday night I had the joy to talk about vocational discernment (yes we all have a vocation and an invitation to discern it!) in collaboration with Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Brigid Ryan-Ling, Sister Katherine Mullin and the many young, authentic adults who joined us at Read more…
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 Phil Soucheray* The following was submitted by Visitation friend Phil Soucheray on the heels of his experience at the Salesian Spirituality evening, Monday, October 11, 2010. We welcome Phil as a guest blogger to these pages. A group of Visitation friends is meeting monthly again this year for pot Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer Are there days when you feel you have lost your way when it comes to prayer? Are you hitting a dead end as you try to see what God has in mind for your future, whether it be for the rest of your life or maybe Read more…
Back from her eight day retreat, Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM, responds to a recent blog about creating contemplative space, with particulars about her prayerful space at Villa Maria. Just a few words about my retreat…I was blessed to be able to have a sunny, quiet corner room at the Villa Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion August 30 We must consider our neighbor in relationship to God, Who wants us to love him … and we are to be interested in him even when this is distasteful for us. The resistance of the inferior part of our soul will be overcome Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, the Visitation Sisters, in collaboration with Masjid An-Nur (Mosque of the Light), and the Ascension and Basilica Churches, hosted the Neighborhood Night of Peace party in North Minneapolis. Over 500 people turned out for this annual event, which is always Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion “When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His good pleasure, by whom it is certain that adversity is sent with as much love as prosperity, and as much Read more…
By Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan I attended The Salesian Conference this year at Georgetown Visitation as it capped off a wonderful week gathering around increasing our vocations to the Visitation Order. The Salesian Conference used the story of the Visitation to highlight the little virtues apparent in the Visitation Order today. Read more…