A Contemplative Perspective from the Northside by S. Brenda Lisenby This past year, our community has been engaged in a strategic process. One of the ways in which we have felt led is to increase our awareness of and participation Read more…
by Dave Nimmer,* Guest Blogger At a time when Latino communities throughout America are uneasy and uncertain over government travel bans and immigration crackdowns, Latinos at Ascension Catholic Church in North Minneapolis could be grateful for Anne Attea: She’s had Read more…
by Dave Nimmer,* Guest Blogger To say Gloria “Gerry” McKay has roots in her North Minneapolis neighborhood (old Highland) is something of an understatement. McKay has been there longer than most of the trees on the north side. She moved into her house on Fremont Avenue with Read more…
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM This is the prayer book that my maternal grandfather, Albert Krueger, brought to the ‘new world’ when he was just 13 years old in 1912. It is typeset in the old German print style and Read more…
By S. Karen Mohan, VHM “Each new season renews an aspect of the great mystery of Christ living and present in the Church. Each recurring season shows us some new way in which we live in Christ and in which Christ Read more…
From our Winter newsletter… By S. Karen Mohan, VHM What do a Monastic Studies grad student, a physical therapist, a Visitation alumna, a European Salesian spirituality “seeker” and a married woman now leading women’s programs in Afghanistan have in common? Read more…
by Dave Nimmer,* Guest Blogger Bianca Franks was a girl of 10 when she first met the Visitation Sisters. She was helping out at the Cookie Cart and spending Wednesday evenings at the Fremont house with other children. One of Read more…
We are in solidarity with you and promise to hold you all in prayer.
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM Our Advent theme at the monastery is Vigiling. As I began my personal Advent journey this year I realized some of my ways of preparing for this time were marked with the familiar, such as a Read more…
by Sr. Mary Frances Reis, VHM Twenty six years ago, on our one-year anniversary in the neighbhorhood, a gentleman by the name of Peter Hayden came to our door with a gift of individual filet mignon steaks for each of Read more…