The Brooklyn Monastery of the Visitation will be celebrating its 159 anniversary next week!
Last year we provided the general history of our community. http://brooklynvisitationmonastery.org/sept-24th-158th-anniversary-of-brooklyn-visitation-monastery/
This year we’d like to focus on some of the well-known religious and clergy who have visited the Monastery; especially in our early days.
One renowned Visitor was His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons, who visited the Monastery several times when located on Clinton Avenue. He paid a visit on his way to Rome to receive his red hat!
An earlier visitor to the Johnson St address of the Visitation was the daughter of St. Elizabeth Seton, herself a Sister of Mercy, Mother Catherine Seton of New Jersey, who graced our Parlor way back in 1877.
The “martyr-priest” Father Leo Heinricks, O.F.M., celebrated the Mass several times in our community and in 1905 and 1906 came to both the reception of the habit and Holy Profession of his former penitent, Sister Mary Fidelis Mitchell. After being transferred to Denver, Colorado, Father Leo was assassinated at Mass and favors have been received through his intercession.
These are just a few of the interesting visitors who have enriched the lives of the Visitation Sisters throughout our history.