Date: Sunday, Nov. 8
Start Time: 1 p.m.
End Time: 4 p.m.
Locations: Various
To culminate National Vocation Awareness Week, the Office of Delegate for Consecrated Life is sponsoring Religious Communities Open House Sunday.
All the faithful of the Archdiocese are invited, especially families, youth and young adults. Come and see! Visit where they pray and ask questions to learn more about their life and vocation. Consider visiting five religious communities during the open house and pray a decade of the rosary for vocations between visits for vocations.
Please note time change for the Missionary Sisters of Charity: visit their convent between 3-4 p.m.
Promotional materials
Franciscan Brothers of Peace
1289 Lafond Avenue, St. Paul
Come pray in the chapel and meet a local Franciscan! Learn more.
Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus
1142 Summit Avenue, St. Paul
Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus live in imitation of Mary in serving as spiritual mothers in the Diocesan Church. There are four primary aspects of their Charism: Marian, Eucharistic, Diocesan, and Evangelistic.
Street parking available.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ
11520 Preserve Lane North, Champlin
Every Immaculate Heart convent is a house of prayer and communal living, where sisters share love and serve the people of God in all humanity and simplicity.
Visitors can park around the convent on the neighborhood streets.
Little Sisters of the Poor
330 Exchange St. S, St. Paul
Founded in 1839 by Saint Jeanne Jugan, the Little Sisters of the Poor are an international congregation of Roman Catholic women religious, serving the elderly poor in over 30 countries.
The mission of the Little Sisters of the Poor is to offer the neediest elderly of every race and religion a home where they will be welcomed as Christ, cared for as family and accompanied with dignity until God calls them to himself.
Misionaries of Charity
1500 E 24th Street, Minneapolis
Come visit the Missionaries of Charity at their convent from 3-4 p.m.
The Missionaries of Charity exist to quench the infinite thirst of Jesus on the Cross. The Sisters fulfill it by their whole hearted and free service to the poorest of the poor.
Street parking available.
Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver
265 Century Ave S, St. Paul
The Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver are present in 29 countries around the world. The Sisters are at the service of the Missionary Church. They form and inform, animate, and stimulate prayer, sacrifice, missionary vocations, and material help. They bring missionary awareness to the children, the young, the families, the sick, and the elderly everywhere.
Pro Ecclesia Sancta Convent of the Sacred Heart
8650 Russell Ave S, Bloomington
The sisters invite visitors to have an encounter with the Heart of Jesus! Their mission is to live and promote the call to holiness through the spirituality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Street parking available.
School Sisters of Notre Dame
222 Wentworth Ave W, St. Paul
The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) is an international congregation dedicated to unifying peoples and transforming the world through education. SSND was founded in Bavaria by Blessed Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger to address poverty and social injustice and now serves in 27 countries.
Park in the visitor parking spaces
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
525 Fairview Ave South, Bloomington
This year, 2026, the Sisters of St. Joseph are celebrating 175 years of presence and ministry in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Come see their home, Carondelet Village, play with their pets, visit with the Sisters and hear stories of pioneer days and current ways we “Love God and the Dear Neighbor without Distinction,” as you join for homemade cookies and beverages.
Use either enterance off of Fairview Avenue and park nearest the building.
St. Paul's Monastery Sisters of Saint Benedict
2675 Benet Road, Maplewood (look for the bell tower)
Come and explore the Benedictine way of life at St. Paul’s Monastery! The Sisters are dedicated to living a monastic life and celebrating God in everything, and they’re happy to welcome anyone from any Christian tradition who’s interested in joining.
Park near main entrance.
Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis
1615 Fremont Avenue North, Minneapolis
Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis is located in the heart of north Minneapolis. Their ministry of Prayer and Presence brings together people and neighbors who struggle and are often marginalized. They have a lovely new monastery and chapel; the neighbors are welcome to join for prayer or to simply visit thewelcome space. We also do door ministry.
Use either enterance off of Fairview Avenue and park nearest the building.
