Our goal for this fund is to continue to promote a healthy and resilient forest that has a wide diversity of species and a wide range of tree ages.
Honoring a legacy of craftsmanship passed on by generations of monks and local artisans, Abbey Woodworking continues to use its hands and local resources to express the Benedictine values of stewardship, simplicity, and integrity. We have updated and expanded our facility to continue producing high-quality furniture for the Saint John’s community and local markets.
Mindful of their initial mission to the German immigrants and seeing similarities in today's local Latino community, the monks of Saint John's feel called to continue this 164-year-old mission to serve immigrants of central Minnesota, some of whom have been in the USA for years if not decades.
Opened in 2006, the guesthouse has fully achieved its vision of being a place of hospitality, retreat, prayer, and reflection for all. The thirty rooms provide guests and retreatants access to the abundant natural beauty surrounding Saint John’s.
Until recent years the monks of Saint John's Abbey served in various apostolates at minimal or no salary. Now, in their retirement, the cost of medical care and housing remains a priority for the monastery.
A gift in honor of or in memory of a loved one or friend is a special way to show your support of the mission and values of Saint John's. Your gift to Saint John's Abbey is a thoughtful remembrance that will further the prayer and work of the Benedictine monks, monks who will touch the lives of countless others by their service to the Church.
Encouraging and increasing monastic vocations is vital to the future of all of Saint John’s and ensuring an ongoing Benedictine presence in the abbey’s apostolates.
The Benedictine Oblates of Saint John’s Abbey are committed to authentically serve, along with the monastery community, as co-holders of the Benedictine tradition by building community, giving and receiving freely, practicing the good zeal to which our Holy Father Benedict has called us, and holding one another accountable to the promises they have made in their oblation. Donations help our oblates bring Benedictine spirituality in the world.
Your support of our Online Liturgical Ministry will help ensure the continued live-streaming of our daily Mass, and selected liturgies, funerals, and events.
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For nearly two decades the Saint John’s Abbey Benedictine Volunteer Corps has provided recent graduates of Saint John's University with volunteer opportunities to live and serve at Benedictine monasteries and schools around the world.
Timeless in its design and construction, Saint John’s sees its current effort to preserve, repair, and restore the Abbey and University Church as continuing this renewal.
It is crucial that the abbey prepare current and future monks for leadership in the abbey, university, preparatory school, and Liturgical Press. Providing qualified monks for these positions is critical in maintaining the Catholic and Benedictine character of Saint John's.