Community Profile

Visitation Monastery of Toledo Sr. Marie de Sales, V.H.M. Vocation Directress 1745 Parkside Blvd Toledo, OH 43607-1551 419-536-1343 toledoviz@toast2.net www.toledovisitation.org

Community Information

No. in community (professed members) 17 Year founded 1610 Generalate/ motherhouse Autonomous Province/federation First Federation of North America Represented in US (Arch)dioceses Toledo, OH

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." Prayer is primary in the life of these sisters. They also offer limited retreats, and seek to make known and loved the Sacred Heart of Jesus. They honor Our Lady in the mystery of her visitation. 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 Formation consists of postulancy, novitiate, temporary profession, and then permanent profession. Age range/limit 18-50 Consider belated vocations? Yes Belated/late vocations explanation Older vocations considered exceptionally.