Extraordinary Ordinary Lives

Working at Convent of the Visitation School moves one along the continuum of having a job, to embracing a career, to finding a vocation. And this transformation is in no small part due to the influence of the Sisters of the Visitation, whose life’s work and life blood have fueled this school since 1873. These women are remarkable.

A beautiful view into the calling to religious life of these low-profile Sisters is now available in the newly published book by Elsa Thompson Hofmeister ‘56, Extraordinary Ordinary Lives: Vocation Stories of Minnesota Visitation Sisters. This exquisite tome is based upon interviews with fourteen Sisters, whose paths were quite different, yet led to the same beautiful calling. The stories are inspirational and only underscore the honor it is to serve in the school that they brought to life.