Sisterhood Project

Amy Clark bring art alive for Visitation Upper School students

Each year, Visitation School seniors wrap up their classes two weeks before graduation and spend at least 48 hours serving at a local Twin Cities organization. We asked a few of our long-time service partners and a student to reflect on the senior project program and how it offers a unique educational experience, not for school, but for life.

The last few years have been an exciting time for Visitation’s Middle School as it has undergone new leadership, new academic approaches, new programs and its highest enrollment in almost two decades.

The Visitation Monastery has been home to a variety of animals over the years, from Dina the cow and Logan the horse in the Robert Street era to the peacock family introduced at the Mendota Heights campus. 

Anne Schneeman Dougherty ’94 and family take on their biggest adventure: Wambolts Cabins.

Meet the members of the Association of Christian Faithful

Learn more about the governance of Visitation School

Relationship building – including collaboration with classmates and engagement with professors – is a recurring theme when recent Vis grads reflect on their collegiate success.

"As educators in the Visitation Tradition, we understand that we are forming lives as well as imparting knowledge."

Donating to Visitation by establishing a scholarship fund is a special way to have a philanthropic impact and carry on a legacy.

This is a double jubilee year for the Visitation Order and all of the broader Salesian family.

Sed Vitae Award Given to Economist Christine Cumming '69

Cynthia Malady O’Halloran ’59 is 2022 Distinguished Alumna

Visitation School commissioned Upper School Choir Director, Randi Rexroth, to compose a song in honor of the school’s 150th anniversary. 

Many Meanings One Visitation: The Strengths of Sisterhood is now presented to the wider community with the love and gentleness that the Visitation Sisters passed on to us.

Once upon a time, a quiet and timid girl named Kathleen Keefe was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Once upon a time, there was a fairytale family who filled a large Virginia home with music and laughter.

Once upon a time there was a courageous, handy woman who didn’t waste a single thing. 

Once there was a girl that never doubted who she truly was. 

Once upon a time, there was a fearless cowgirl who lived on the windy plains of North Dakota, surrounded by nature and animals.

Once upon a time, there was a girl who was strong in faith and Salesian virtues. 

There once was a girl named Margaret Villaume. 

Once upon a time, many, many years ago, there was a woman named Jeanne-Francoise Fremyot, now known as the foundress of the Visitation Order, St Jane de Chantal.

Once upon a time, there were four women. These four women wanted to expand their Visitation charism to the poor.

Once there was a young Irish girl who lived in St Paul, MN.

Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Margaret, who showed a great love for the Eucharist.

Once upon a time, there were six brave Visitation sisters from St. Louis, Missouri.