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Visitation Monastery of Tyringham
Sr. Alice Marie Landers VHM
PO Box 432
Tyringham, MA 01264-0432
413-243-3995
vistyr2@aol.com
www.vistyr.org
Community Information
International?
Over 260 worldwide
No. in community (professed members)
15
Year founded
1610
Generalate/ motherhouse
Autonomous
Province/federation
Autonomous
Represented in US (Arch)dioceses
Springfield, MA
About Us
Mission statement/description
The Visitation, a contemplative order, was founded by St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal "to give to God daughters of prayer, and souls so interior that they may be found worthy to serve His infinite majesty and to adore Him in spirit and in truth."
Qualifications for entry
Desire for life of prayer within the cloister; ability to live a community life; sufficient health and maturity to embrace the monastic life.
Formation program
Pre-postulancy: three to six months depending on the individual candidate; postulancy: six months to a year; novitiate: two years; first profession: three years; followed by solemn profession.
Age range/limit
18-40
Consider belated vocations?
Yes
Belated/late vocations explanation
Older vocations are considered on an individual basis.

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