On the Feast of the Visitation, I found myself returning to one small phrase in Luke’s Gospel: Mary “went in haste” to Elizabeth. Where in our lives do we hesitate instead of making haste? How can we learn from Mary?...

Each November 21, Visitation Sisters around the world renew their vows. The same words first offered decades ago — The Sisters’ vows don’t set them apart so much as illuminate what’s possible for all of us. How can their vows be a spiritual road map for all?...Read More

When the Visitation Order was founded in America, it also embraced a ministry of education to young women. As schools and monasteries grew up together, students, faculty, staff, and families learned that to be cloistered didn’t mean to be invisible. What can we learn from their devotion to the ministry of showing?…