Ministries

Our current ministries include but are not limited to:

• Prayer offered for the Church and the World as we pray the Liturgy of the Hours as a monastic community.
• Ministry of Presence exercised through Benedictine hospitality at the monastery or wherever we may be living.   
• Pastoral & Religious Education ministry in local parishes.
• Prison ministry to male and female inmates in the S. Dakota penetentiary system through the Residents Encounter Christ (REC) program.
• Outreach to migrants via our support of entities that work directly to welcome the stranger among us.
• Elder Care through Benet Place Senior Apartments.
• Pastoral Care to the ill and infirm at local nursing homes and hospitals.
• Participating Board Members with charitable entities such as Divine Providence of South Dakota; Hope in God; PAX Christi, South Dakota; Center for Peace & Justice; the Salvation Army etc...

Most Sisters live in Watertown and minister in the surrounding areas.

Learn more about their individual ministries on the Find a Sister page.