A SISTER’S PRAYER
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall proclaim Your praise. From the Liturgy of the Hours — Morning Prayer As a sister I am often asked about prayer. “How do you pray? Do you really pray Read more…
ROAD TRIP TO ST. LOUIS: Sr. Suzanne Reflects on Summer Service
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM What would summer be like without a road trip? I know what part of my summer was like with a road trip. This year I took a road trip with a Visitation Companion and 11 high school girls, another Visitation Sister and a high school Read more…
The Gentle Strength of Gerry McKay — Vis Companion and Friend
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 her parents in 1928 – when she was two months Read more…
Prayer Books Come and Go…
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 doesn’t have pictures. There are some great hymns in it Read more…
Heart to Heart: Reflections on a Women’s Retreat by Sr. Suzanne
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM !Hola! Me llama Hermana Susanna. That is how I began the most recent Women’s Overnight Retreat at St. Jane House. Each year for Mothers’ Day we Sisters invite the women of our neighborhood to participate in an all day retreat in honor of their nurturing Read more…
BRIGHT DARKNESS OF THE FUTURE
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM As we planned our recent Visitation Companion Advent morning of prayer and reflection Jody, Linda and I spent some time sharing about our community Advent focus of Promise. A phrase from the 2008 – 2014 Vision Statement of our order somehow spoke to all of Read more…
THE VOWED LIFE — A Commitment to Live; to Share and to Act!
by Sr. Suzanne Homeyer, VHM “Thank you, for your commitment!” was one of the final comments I heard on my profession day. They were spoken by one of my BOF (Best Oblate Friends) as he was leaving our monastery for the wintry drive back to Michigan after the festivities. Those Read more…
Welcome Visitation Companions! Spring Commission 2014
On Saturday, May 10, 2014, the Visitation Sisters and Companions welcomed four new members to our burgeoning lay community. After a rich morning retreat experience inspired by the Salesian formation book, “God Desires You” by Fr. Eunan McDonnell, SDB; mass and prayer, the community reviewed their statements of commitment and Read more…
Looking Back at Vis Neighbors: Our First Lay Community
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…
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…