The Nearness of the Word
by Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM Today is a landmark day for me, for I am stepping into the world of the BLOG! Our Visitation community launched into this world last month on the feast of our Founder, St. Francis de Read more…
Mass at the Monastery
Speak, Lord, I love to listen to your voice. See, Lord, here I am. It’s Friday, February 19th, 11am, and Sr. Mary Frances is intoning the opening song at this Lenten season service. We are gathered in the chapel of Read more…
“Seeing in Winter” – A Poem by Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHM
“By now, it should go without saying that what the oven is to the baker and the berry stained blouse is to the dry cleaner, so the window is to the poet” – Billy Collins, Poet Laureate Seeing in Winter Read more…
Recipe for New Nuns?
Last Saturday, a small group of teenage girls, Visitation Companions, and Visitation Sister, Mary Virginia, convened at St. Jane House (SJH) for an afternoon of cookie baking. Vis Companion and SJH host, Brian Mogren, took a photo documenting the occasion, Read more…
The Nuns on Fox 9 News!
The following is the Fox 9 News story that aired on Monday evening, January 25, 2010. The sisters are incredibly grateful to journalist Maury Glover for his sensitivity in reporting on their mission, ministry and community, and to cameraman Kent Read more…
Making Way for Seven New Women: Monday Afternoon at the Monastery
The Visitation Monastery on Fremont Avenue North in Minneapolis was abuzz with activity Monday. I arrived at 2pm to meet up with Sr. Katherine for our “Facebook date.” Sr. Katherine and I were going to work on our social media Read more…