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Day of Prayer: Sunday, September 13, 1-4:30pm

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…

By Melissa, 5 years ago
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Salesian Second Mondays Begin!

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…

By Melissa, 5 years5 years ago
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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, 5 years5 years ago
Contemplative Posts

Welcome! To the founding of our Resident Visitation Lay Community

By S. Mary Margaret McKenzie If the following characteristics gathered during Phase II discussions of the Resident Visitation Lay Community Invitation inspire and call you, think about, pray about commitment: Relational, by being residential and in the midst of the neighborhood; Mutual, in living as well as in decision-making; Dedicated, Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years ago
Salesian Spirituality

Seek First to Love: Companion Anna Reflects

By Anna Dourgarian, Visitation Companion Salesian service finds its wholeness and its joy in embracing the present moment. It speaks to my heart because I am very short-sighted and, when facing service goals, I see only obstacles. Great feats of service rouse great doubts in my heart. World problems are Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years ago
Salesian Spirituality

Hey Soul Sister: Visitation School Senior Video Reflects Service Immersion Experience

For the past 20+ years the Sisters have sponsored an INNER CITY IMMERSION EXPERIENCE* in North Minneapolis as one of the options for Visitation School’s Senior Project. It has been a wonderful opportunity for service in this community and to experience another part of town! The following video, produced by Visitation Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years ago
Salesian Spirituality

Community Prayer: Welcome to North!

WELCOME TO NORTH / story from Chitwood Media on Vimeo. Since December of 2014, we have been convening a group of women and men who are discerning their calls to co-found a Resident Visitation Lay Community alongside us in north Minneapolis. Some of the questions we are wrestling with include: Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years6 years ago
Salesian Spirituality

On Service: Q & A with Vis Companion Heidi Akpaette

The following is the first in a series of interviews with Visitation Companions — a lay community committed to the ministry of the Visitation through prayer, Salesian study and service. The Call to Companionship Q: In a few words, what inspired your call to become a Companion to the Visitation Sisters Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years ago
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Nine Mendota Visitation High Seniors Encounter North Minneapolis Neighbors!

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…

By VizMonastery, 6 years ago
Contemplative Posts

Heart to Heart: Reflections on a Women’s Retreat by Sr. Suzanne

by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM !Hola! Me llama Hermana Susanna. That is how I began the most recent Women’s Overnight Retreat at St. Jane House. Each year for Mothers’ Day we Sisters invite the women of our neighborhood to participate in an all day retreat in honor of their nurturing Read more…

By VizMonastery, 6 years6 years ago

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