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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jubilee Year for Visitation Monasteries: Honoring St Margaret Mary’s 100th Anniversary of Canonization
by Sister Brenda Lisenby on October 28, 2019 This past summer while on pilgrimage to France, I had the opportunity to visit the Visitation Monastery in Paray-le-Monial, France, home to St Margaret Mary. The Mother Superior welcomed us, recounting the Read more…
Sharing the Peace
by Sister Karen Mohan on September 21, 2019 On September 21, while the rest of my community was in retreat, I had the opportunity to participate in the WALK FOR PLANET PEACE, a march sponsored by the Twin Cities Nonviolent Read more…
How to Be Who You Are: Insight from Visitation Seniors in North Minneapolis
by Anna Dourgarian on June 6, 2019 We have all heard the oft-quoted “Be who you are and be that well” by Saint Francis de Sales. We love it for its simple affirmation. However, if you have ever tried to Read more…
A Greener Monastery
by Anna Dourgarian on April 30, 2019 “God created us to be stewards, not rulers, over the environment. What does it mean to be a steward?” -Sister Brenda Lisenby “Let’s go all organic,” said Sister Mary Frances to the Read more…