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National Catholic Sisters Week! Visitation Monastery Featured

It’s National Catholic Sisters Week! Brooklyn Diocese’s Net TV visited one of the oldest congregations in the diocese, the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn on March 9th, as the Sisters discuss … Continue reading

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Brooklyn Tablet article on our Nativity Lighting

On Sunday December 4, 2016 our Monastery Sisters and Academy family gathered to bless our creche, dedicate a memorial to Mr. Larry Morrish, and celebrate the Eucharistic Liturgy of the Second Week of Advent, with our children’s choir beautifully harmonizing … Continue reading

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Pray at Our Fatima Shrine and Gain an Indulgence

  Three Ways to Obtain an Indulgence During 100th Anniversary of Fatima   Pope Francis has granted the opportunity throughout the entire jubilee year. For the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, Pope Francis … Continue reading

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Rest in Peace

Our dear Sister Mary Antonia VHM went home to God Monday November 28, 2016. Viewing was Friday Dec 2 in the afternoon and evening. Sister’s Funeral Liturgy was held Saturday December 3 at 945AM. Thank you for your prayers. Sr. … Continue reading

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Stupendous and Spiritual- Wow to Divine Mercy Event!

On Sunday, November 20, 2016, Mr. Daniel DiSilva came to Visitation Monastery, Brooklyn, to present the story and the documentary on the discovery, history and travels of the Original painting of the Divine Mercy picture. No fictional detective story can … Continue reading

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An Interview with Mother Susan on The Image of the Divine Mercy and the Sisters of the Visitation

Mother Susan explains to us the connection between the Sisters of the Visitation and the film The Image of the Divine Mercy.  Thank you, Mother Susan, for speaking with us and helping us to see the hand of God in … Continue reading

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Who is Sr. Faustina?

Born in Poland in 1905, Sr. Maria Faustina Kowalska belonged to the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Sr. Faustina received the Message of Divine Mercy from the Lord on multiple occasions during the period of 1931 – … Continue reading

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Divine Mercy Event Nov 20 2016 at Brooklyn Monastery

AN INVITATION We have a VERY UNIQUE Opportunity and Event scheduled for Sunday November 20th 2016, the Feast of Christ the King and the last day of the Year of Divine Mercy. We would be so filled with joy if … Continue reading

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25th Jubilee of Monastery Superior

Silver Jubilee!

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161st Anniversary Of Foundation

Saturday September 24, 2016 is the 161st Anniversary of the Founding of the Visitation Monastery in Brooklyn- and Brooklyn’s FIRST CONTEMPLATIVE, CLOISTERED community. Our current location in Bay Ridge is the fourth. The Sisters moved here in 1903, but prior … Continue reading

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