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Contemplative Posts

Homeless: In the Shelter of our Hearts

The following post is from our Newsletter Archives. It first appeared in our Winter 1994 Newsletter.* by S. Mary Margaret McKenzie, VHM Homelessness happens: tenants have to move because a landlord can’t meet the mortgage payment; a single parent needs more space for growing children; a family of nine cannot Read more…

By VizMonastery, 7 years6 years ago
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On the Virtue of Patience: From Vis Companion and Doula, Heidi Govednik

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 VizMonastery, 7 years7 years ago
Contemplative Posts

Clearing to Hear

by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Visitation Companion “I deleted 1, 400+ emails. I am down to having one message in my inbox at this moment. ” Who does this? Who among us is able to claim this feat of clearing out our email inboxes? I tell you, I almost toppled when I read Read more…

By Melissa, 8 years8 years ago
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Building Bridges from Suburb to City

by Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM Here are a few photos from our absolutely graced time with the Families of St. Thomas Becket parish family in Eagan and our North Minneapolis  families. They arrived Sunday, March 10, 2013,  with a U-Haul truck filled with 75 family Easter baskets for our families.  Read more…

By VizMonastery, 8 years ago
Snapshots from the Sisters

Snapshots from the Sisters: Title this!

Photo by Sr. Katherine Mullin, vhm This past weekend our neighborhood kids were taken by Visitation School students to Holidazzle! They all came back to the monastery for cocoa, cookies and Christmas carols around the fire. Some entertained, some were entertained. All had fun! –SK2 To see more photos from Read more…

By Melissa, 8 years ago
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