Category Archives: Easter

Video Retrospective of Visitation Monastery 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by the Sisters

Thanks to the Brooklyn Diocese’s NET TV which covered some important moments of our Monastery’s and Sisters’ lives in 2015! Art Exhibit with Anne Goetze’s Pray to Love Series! Employee Zaida’s Generosity toward her Husband’s Medical Needs: Year of Consecrated … Continue reading →

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Blessed Easter!

Posted on April 4, 2015 by the Sisters

  “The death and passion of our Lord is the sweetest and the most compelling motive that can animate our hearts in this mortal life…The children of the cross glory in this, their wondrous paradox which many do not understand: … Continue reading →

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Holy Week Triduum

Posted on March 13, 2015 by the Sisters

Schedule for Mass and services: Holy Thursday April 2, 2015 Mass at 730PM Good Friday     April 3, 2015 Service at 3PM Holy Saturday Vigil April 4, 2015 Mass at 7:30PM Celebrant: Rev. Gerard Knapp CssR

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Pentecost with St. Francis de Sales

Posted on June 2, 2014 by the Sisters

The great Feast of Pentecost, which completes the Easter season, falls on Sunday June 8th this year. The Holy Spirit is always ready to give us spiritual gifts, and especially on this day. St. Francis de Sales assists us in … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Visitation

Posted on May 30, 2014 by the Sisters

Saturday, May 31st, is the Feast of the Visitation,the Titular Feast of the Order of the Visitation. Scholar Helene Bordes enlightens us theologically about the meaning of this Feast in the mind and heart of St. Francis de Sales, Founder … Continue reading →

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A Novitiate Spring

Posted on May 21, 2014 by the Sisters

The lovely spring weather has brought both Novices ( and Canadian geese!) onto our monastic grounds to rejoice in the beauty of God’s creation. An evening recreation outside reveals the splendors of nature even in Brooklyn, New York!     … Continue reading →

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Canonizations

Posted on April 25, 2014 by the Sisters

“My Life… Must Be A Perfect Copy of that of St. Francis de Sales” Two new Saints on Divine Mercy Sunday! The Church prepares for the canonization of St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II. As Visitation Sisters, we … Continue reading →

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Holy Week Schedule

Posted on April 10, 2014 by the Sisters

The Triduum of Holy Days, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil Mass at Brooklyn Visitation Monastery will be celebrated by a Redemptorist Father in our Sacred Heart Chapel. Holy Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 7:30 PM Good Friday      April … Continue reading →

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Mirroring the Trinity: A Gift of Self

Posted on May 16, 2012 by the Sisters

On May 13th, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima and Mother’s Day, Sister Gail Trinité professed her Solemn vows in the hands of our Superior in our Sacred Heart Chapel.  We would like to share a reflection from Sr. … Continue reading →

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Hearing His Voice

Posted on April 26, 2012 by the Sisters

How often do we search for God with the same perseverance as St. Mary Magdalene? She accompanied the Blessed Virgin throughout the Passion of Our Lord and was a witness to all the sorrowful events of that day. She was … Continue reading →

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