Back from her eight day retreat, Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM, responds to a recent blog about creating contemplative space, with particulars about her prayerful space at Villa Maria. Just a few words about my retreat…I was blessed to be able Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion August 30 We must consider our neighbor in relationship to God, Who wants us to love him … and we are to be interested in him even when this is distasteful for us. The resistance Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, the Visitation Sisters, in collaboration with Masjid An-Nur (Mosque of the Light), and the Ascension and Basilica Churches, hosted the Neighborhood Night of Peace party in North Minneapolis. Over 500 Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion “When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His good pleasure, by whom it is certain that adversity is Read more…
By Elizabeth Eilers Sullivan I attended The Salesian Conference this year at Georgetown Visitation as it capped off a wonderful week gathering around increasing our vocations to the Visitation Order. The Salesian Conference used the story of the Visitation to Read more…
By Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHS The Jesuits have a way with words. They have coined a well known phrase that some of you might have come across when speaking about an experience in life that is more than one expects Read more…
By Sr. Karen Mohan, VHM The long awaited and now completed month of June remains a dynamic presence in my mind and heart. Beginning with our 400th anniversary celebration on June 6, the days “in review” point to a richness Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion We all know this image. (Well any of us who have had the opportunity to spend any time with the sisters in their Northside monastery, visit this website, or read anything published by the nuns Read more…
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde, Vis Companion On Sunday, June 6th, the Visitation Sisters celebrated the 400th anniversary of their founding in Annecy, France. The following photographs, courtesy of Vis Companion, Brian Mogren, reveal a bit of the spirit of the blessed Read more…
by Sr. Joanna O’Meara, VHM What makes a ‘house’ a ‘home’? Approaching the St. Jane House this morning to celebrate its second anniversary, the writing was not exactly on the wall, but beneath our feet: “This is the place of Read more…