On Wednesday, October 29, 2014, the Visitation Sisters of Minneapolis welcomed Brenda Lisenby in an intimate commissioning ceremony as the community’s latest Monastic Immersion Experience resident. On the heels of this event, Companion Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde had an opportunity to interview Ms. Lisenby via emailed questions and answers. That Q & A Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM This blog is indeed a ‘back story.’ All any of us have to do when we want to see where we are today is to look back and see God’s presence along the way. Some call it Providence…some prefer the term serendipity and others just Read more…
by S. Mary Frances Reis, VHM Greetings! In the course of the next 10 months, we the Visitation Sisters of Minneapolis will be gathering up some highlights of the sacred history of this Northside monastery! Where to start? When we first moved into our turn of the century home at Read more…
The following is an excerpt from Vis Companion Heidi Govenik’s recent blog post, “On Being A Doula”. We share this with her permission as part of our exploration of Salesian Virtues in our Second Monday Salesian Spirituality Series. Heidi spoke about patience in light of her work as a doula, Read more…
by Phil Soucheray, Visitation Companion God invites. Are we willing to listen? Be still and know that I am God. That’s what the psalmist wrote in Psalm 46. Like many of the psalms, the context of the lyrics refers to a powerful God in whom humanity is urged to find Read more…
Hi there. My name is Phil. I’m a Vis Companion, which is another way of saying that I am a purpose driven life wanna-be who knows he has a lot to learn before he’s fulfilled his potential. As it happens, I believe the model of Salesian spirituality as displayed and Read more…
By S. Mary Margaret McKenzie in collaboration with Brian Mogren Five years ago in our long range planning we envisioned a third house. This was inspired by our need to respond to many persons who were drawn to enter into our neighborhood ministry more than into our monastic lifestyle. This Read more…
From Guest Blogger Claire Kranz, Vis Alumna, Student at St. Louis University Marvel at God’s goodness. ~St. Francis de Sales Thanksgiving week is finally here and from a school and work perspective, I could not be more ready. But, as I sit here, admittedly listening to Christmas music, I realize Read more…
From Guest Blogger Claire Kranz, Vis Alumna, Student at St. Louis University God doesn’t call us to feed everyone, just to give Him everything we have. ~Fr. Joe Krupp, OSFS This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the National Salesian Conference here in St. Louis. Among the speakers, Read more…
Be who you are, and be that perfectly well. ~St. Francis de Sales I believe this is the heart of Salesian Spirituality. Simply to be who you are, be the person God made you to be. The beauty of Salesian Spirituality is that it welcomes each and everyone of us Read more…