Dear Novices of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales,* We love you. On behalf of the Visitation Community, I extend gratitude for your visit and spirited presence among us for the week celebrating our 25th Anniversary in north Minneapolis. We are so lucky that Fr. Mike Newman, OSFS, was able Read more…
So we had a party. Or rather, a WEEK of parties: merry-making, reflecting, celebrating, giving thanks, and marking our call to found a monastic community in the heart of north Minneapolis twenty-five years ago. From Monday to Sunday, our Salesian friends, family, neighbors, collaborators, and benefactors descended on our little corner Read more…
Today, the Feast of Guardian Angels, we mark our 25th year as a monastic community in the heart of north Minneapolis. The following history and images come from our archives, and are accompanied by pictures snapped at today’s Foundation Day mass. *** On September 29, 1989, Sisters Mary Margaret, Karen and Mary Virginia said 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…