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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…