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Sister Mary Virginia Schmidt, V.H.M. with a neighbor who came to the Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis for an ice cream social.
Mullin, who joined the Minneapolis ministry 11 years ago after a career in school teaching and administration. Usually the sisters take one day off a week for recovery, putting signs on the front door that they are not available. Mohan says the fire for their effort comes from the Visitation spirituality taught by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal in the 17th century. The image of Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth—“these two pregnant women of faith reaching out to help each other and marveling at what God was doing in their lives”—inspires their work, she says. Recently, when one sister looked out the door and saw a particularly troublesome
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person approaching, she exclaimed, “Oh my gosh, I don’t know what to say!” One of the others responded, “Just say, ‘Good morning, Jesus.’ ” That served to break up the whole group and set the tone for another day. Volunteers, who come from all
over the area to help in the work of the monastery are often amazed by what they experience. One says the outreach here is exactly like what occurred in the early church. Another comments on the sisters’ impact on the inevitable tension between racial groups in the community. Without
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