Category Archives: Lent

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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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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ASH WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18

Posted on February 15, 2015 by the Sisters

Ash Wednesday begins this week, February 18th. Ashes will be distributed in our Monastery’s Sacred Heart Chapel during the 8AM Mass, ONLY. Please attend Mass to begin your Lenten season well. The Sisters  

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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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Blessed Mother’s Yes and Ours

Posted on March 27, 2014 by the Sisters

Mary’s “Yes” to her Vocation can Inspire us to Reply “Yes” to Ours As we focus on our own vocations in life, let us remember the simple woman who responded perfectly to God’s call for her life! In fact, many … Continue reading →

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Lenten Retreats

Posted on March 22, 2014 by the Sisters

Refresh your soul before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, adore Him in the Monstrance, praise the Father in the Divine Office, petition Our Lady during the Rosary. Make the Stations of the Cross in choir, Chapel or outdoors in … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Lent

Posted on March 2, 2014 by the Sisters

Lent: Fuel Up for the Rest of the Year Ash Wednesday will soon be here, bringing us into the Lenten season.Traditionally, Catholics have practiced prayer, fasting, penance, and almsgiving during Lent as ways to grow closer to Christ, and better … Continue reading →

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WASH YOURSELVES CLEAN

Posted on March 9, 2013 by the Sisters

  AS I WALKED TO MY FOURTH GRADE RELIGION CLASS LAST WEEK, I THOUGHT, I HOPE THIS DEMONSTRATION HELPS GET THE POINT ACROSS ABOUT HOW SERIOUS SIN IS IN A WAY THEY’LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND WILL REMEMBER. I WALKED … Continue reading →

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A Lenten Journey

Posted on March 13, 2012 by the Sisters

In his Lenten sermons of 1622, our wise Founder and Doctor of the Church, St. Francis de Sales, reminds us that God created us in His image and likeness. Therefore, he tells us, we ought to love and honor God’s … Continue reading →

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May your Triduum and Easter be greatly Blessed

Posted on April 12, 2011 by the Sisters

St. Francis de Sales founded our Order “spiritually on Mount Calvary to serve Jesus Christ crucified, whom all the sisters are to follow by crucifying their senses, inclinations, passions, imaginations, aversions, and fancies, for love of their Father in Heaven.”  … Continue reading →

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