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The Crossroads of Suffering and Hope

by Sister Karen Mohan on December 5, 2020 As our community enters into our last Advent/Christmas season at Fremont and Girard, we chose as our Advent theme: “Our Graced Crossroads: the Intersection of Suffering and Hope.” This year’s Cycle B Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 months ago
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A Tribute to Sr. Mary Margaret

by Sr. Brenda Lisenby on October 11, 2020 “You will be the sunrise.” These were the words that Jesus spoke to Sr. Mary Margaret one morning as she was at prayer and watching the sunrise. In her conversational prayer, she Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 3 months3 months ago
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Healing Our City

by Sister Mary Frances on July 31, 2020 “Come to me and rest.” (see Mt 11:25-30)   Sr. Mary Frances Reisshares her grief at the Prayer Tent For the past 30+ years, we Visitation Sisters have been blessed to make Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 6 months ago
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Share Your Fruit

by Caitlin Parsley on July 25, 2020 As these special and undoubtedly strange months as a VIP intern come to a close, I am cherishing the “little nosegay of devotion,” as Frances de Sales would say, that I’ve gathered up. Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 6 months ago
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Trust the Miracle Worker

by Anna Dourgarian on June 14, 2020 Be careful in turbulent times. Anxiety is an opportunity for the evil one to distract and, little by little, ensnare you. In the Gospel today, “the Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, ‘How can Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 7 months ago
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As Lent Melts into Easter

by Anna Dourgarian on April 11, 2020 Here the Beaver’s voice sank into silence and it gave one or two very mysterious nods. Then signaling to the children to stand as close around it as they possibly could, so that Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 10 months ago
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A Foreward to “Beyond Belief”

by Dave Nimmer, reprinted on March 26, 2020 Ray H. Richardson, sportswriter and host for KMOJ-FM in Minneapolis-St. Paul, has spent the past three years researching and writing the story of Mary Johnson-Roy and Oshea Israel. We are thrilled to Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 10 months ago
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Picking Up a New Thread: On Handling Change

by Jody Reis Johnson on February 28, 2020 I was studying the pattern for my latest knitting project when my eye was drawn to a section entitled “Joining New Yarn.” Instructions were given about how to incorporate a new ball Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 11 months ago
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Sister Mary Paula’s First Year in Minneapolis

by Anna Dourgarian on February 7, 2020 Thirty years ago, Sister Mary Paula was cleaning the Fremont house as the founding members of the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis moved in. She supported and loved them from the very beginning. Now, Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 12 months12 months ago
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From the Sisters’ Kitchen: King Cake for the Epiphany

by Anna Dourgarian on January 2, 2020 Every year, the Visitation Sisters of Minneapolis celebrate the Epiphany with a Gateau des Rois (a King Cake, or Twelfth Night Cake). It is an old French tradition, true to their roots of Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 1 year ago

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