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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…

By Anna Dourgarian, 1 year ago
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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…

By Anna Dourgarian, 1 year ago
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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…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years ago
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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…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years ago
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Welcome Sister Mary Paula!

by Sister Katherine Mullin, VHM As you may know, this January our Visitation Monastery of Mendota Heights, MN, closed, and the three remaining Sisters took up residence in other places. After 68 years as a Visitation Sister in the St. Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years ago
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Healing Prayers for Sister Mary Virginia

by Sister Karen Mohan, VHM Sister Mary Virginia Schmidt has had a very eventful month, one that we hope will not ever be repeated. Since mid-January, when she fell on our icy Fremont driveway and broke her left hip, Sr. Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years2 years ago
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Jim Lee’s Christmas Trees

by Dave Nimmer*, Guest Blogger It’s not likely that Jim Lee will be forgotten by the Visitation Sisters in the life of their Minneapolis monastery, not as long as they celebrate Christmas. Lee and his family have been part of Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years2 years ago
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Sammy McDowell at Sammy’s Avenue Eatery

by Dave Nimmer*, Guest Blogger Sammy McDowell has been in the food business for most of his adult life, and he’s owned and operated Sammy’s Avenue Eatery at West Broadway Avenue and Emerson Avenue North since 2012. The Eatery is Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years2 years ago
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Kiara Jones: Dancing in the Light of God

by Dave Nimmer*, Guest Blogger As a girl growing up on Minneapolis’ north side, Kiara Jones had two realities in her young life: she and her mother moving too much and having too little, and her dream of singing for Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years2 years ago
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Judge John McShane, Honorary Member of the Visitation Order

by Dave Nimmer*, Guest Blogger When John McShane was in his Hennepin District courtroom, he was known as Your Honor. When he’s at the Visitation Monastery in North Minneapolis, it’s more like Our Honor, a man whose wise counsel and Read more…

By Anna Dourgarian, 2 years2 years ago

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