By Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion Wednesday, April 28th, marked the final installment of this spring season’s discernment workshops facilitated by Srs. Joanna and Karen. Held on three separate Wednesday evenings in February, March and April at the nuns’ lay retreat Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM Having just celebrated the Ascension, my thoughts and prayers are shifting to the upcoming feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. Perhaps yours are too. This quote on my prayer bench invites me into Read more…
by Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHM You may wonder who on earth I am referring to…..well, herein lies the breadth and depth of Salesian Spirituality which continues to be re-interpreted for new listeners and old-timers. For our last Salesian Monday night Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM White and lavender lilacs placed in a glass vase with a sampling of other garden flowers rest at the base of the Marian statue in our second floor Girard house chapel; it serves as a Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM This is a very special week in our community. On April 22, in the intimacy of our community prayer, and with an expansive heart, Sr. Joanna O’Meara will renew her vows of poverty, chastity and Read more…
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM “HAPPY EASTER!! This can be our daily greeting as the octave of Easter unfolds. Yes, for eight days we are steeping ourselves in the life of Jesus RISEN! Many wonder how Easter is celebrated in Read more…
“I do not believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran people.” -Archbishop Oscar Romero Today marks the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero. As I hold this Read more…
By Sister Karen Mohan, VHM I hadn’t planned to write about George on this blog, but our good friend and neighbor died last Thursday, and I can’t get George Perez off my mind. He was our community life-line into the Read more…
This past week at St. Jane House, the Vis Sister’s lay retreat space, included another opportunity for young people to come and experience life in the inner city — witnessing first hand what calls the Visitation Sisters to be a Read more…
by Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHM As I clicked onto the Internet this morning, headlines from “The Daily Telegraph” newspaper took my attention: “Hadrian’s Wall lit by ‘line of light.’” 500 volunteers spanning 84 miles along the Roman wall – which Read more…