by Brian Mogren, St. Jane House Director and Visitation Companion February 14-18, 2014 St. Jane House, 1403 Emerson Ave. N., Minneapolis For five days in February, the St. Jane House will become a Pop-Up SAORI Weaving Studio! The fun begins with a special Read more…
by S. Mary Frances Reis, VHM While “Windsock Time”* as we have known it has become a part of our Sacred History of “Vis in the ‘Hood,” our relationships with families continue to grow and grow, from one generation to Read more…
by Sr. Mary Virginia Schmidt, VHM As we continue to mark our twenty fifth year in north Minneapolis, as an inner-city monastic presence, we highlight sacred elements of our community. This blog features images of artwork in our Fremont and Girard Read more…
by S. Mary Frances Reis, VHM Greetings! In the course of the next 10 months, we the Visitation Sisters of Minneapolis will be gathering up some highlights of the sacred history of this Northside monastery! Where to start? When we Read more…
by Sr. Mary Virginia Schmidt, VHM “[H]ow do we deal with failure that is so much a part of our lives?” – S. Mary Virginia We are, most of us in the US, infected with the virus of perfectionism – in all areas: Read more…
The following is an excerpt from Vis Companion Heidi Govenik’s recent blog post, “On Being A Doula”. We share this with her permission as part of our exploration of Salesian Virtues in our Second Monday Salesian Spirituality Series. Heidi spoke Read more…
Greetings Friend of Visitation Monastery of Mineapolis far and near! We are embarking on a special time in the history of the Visitation Monastery as the Sisters and their neighbors and friends mark the 25th year of this community! On September Read more…
by Phil Soucheray, Visitation Companion What is evangelization anyway? Faith in the context of organized religion often seems decorated with a lot of trappings. The array of dogma and doctrine that we get immersed in and the rituals we are told we Read more…
He’s making the news, this time being seen for his role in supporting our northside brothers and sisters. We couldn’t be prouder of our dear friend, lay companion and brother, Brian Mogren, who was honored this week with the Virginia Read more…
The following post comes to us from Vis Companion Jody Tigges. Jody wrote this reflective piece on the heels of her experience volunteering at our Neighborhood Night of Peace event. We are happy to publish it here as part of Read more…