State Project 

The Minnesota Catholic Daughters at the 2021 State Convention in Moorhead, MN have endorsed the following as their state project:  Financial and spiritual support with the assessment for the the next two years at $2.00 per member per year and will be split between the Seminarians and the Womens Religious in Minnesota

Spiritual support is headed by two chairpersons. The Chairperson for the Seminarians is Rita Young 
The Chairperson for the Women’s Religious is Colleen Peplinski.  

Congratulations to the following courts who received funds to support the Women’s Religious through the grant process.

The recipients of the Women’s Religious Grant are:

For 2021-2022 the Women’s Religious Project recipients were:

1.   Court St. Bernard #866 Lismore for the St. Scholastica Benedictines in Duluth. Funds will be used to support the 55 and Under Benedictine Sisters program. This year they will start a three-year process of collaboration, visioning and future planning.

2.  Court Owatonna #1180 Owatonna for the Poor Clare’s in Rochester. Funds will be used to offset the cost of medications.

3.  Court St. Joan of Arc #1291Marshall for the Sisters of Mary Morningstar in Ghent, MN. Funds will be used to remodel the existing Hermitage for new novitiates as they discern their call to vowed religious life.

4.  Court Sacred Heart #1424 Waseca for the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Sleepy Eye. Funds will be used for walk-in freezer/cooler for their Retreat Center.

5.  Court St. Cabrini #1466 Fergus Falls for the Sisters of St. Francis in Rochester. Funds will be used to provide beverages and snacks in their gathering space, “The Coffee Cup”.

6.  Court St. Anne #1840 Medford for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul. Funds will be used to support the Sisters’ St. Mary’s Clinic in purchasing a laptop computer for the new Community Health Worker.

For 2020-2021 the Women’s Religious Project recipients were:

1.    Ct. St. Bernard #866 Lismore for the St. Scholastica Benedictines in Duluth. Funds will be used to support the 55 and Under Benedictine Sisters program. This year they will start a three-year process of collaboration, visioning and future planning.

2.    Ct. Owatonna #1180 Owatonna for the Poor Clare’s in Rochester. Funds will be used to offset the cost of medications.

3.    Ct. St. Joan of Arc #1291 Marshall for the Sisters of Mary Morningstar in Ghent, MN. Funds will be used to re- model the existing Hermitage for new novitiates as they discern their call to vowed religious life.

4.    Ct. Sacred Heart #1424 Waseca for the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Sleepy Eye. Funds will be used for walk-in freezer/cooler for their Retreat Center.

5.    Ct. St. Cabrini #1466 Fergus Falls for the Sisters of St. Francis in Rochester. Funds will be used to provide bever- ages and snacks in their gathering space, “The Coffee Cup”.

6.    Ct. St. Anne #1840 Medford for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Paul. Funds will be used to support the Sisters’ St. Mary’s Clinic in purchasing a laptop computer for the new Community Health Worker.

For 2019-2020 the Women’s Religious Project recipients were:

1.    Ct. St. Mary Peter–$750.00 to the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara to help in replacing carpeting in their convent in Mankato;

2.    Ct. Queen of Peace-$200.00 to the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus in New Ulm to aid in their financial burden of formation and education;

3.    Ct. Winona-$800.00 to the Sisters of St. Francis in Rochester to help their financial need for travel costs in attending the Franciscan Federation Conference in Denver;

4.    Ct. St. Cabrini-$250.00 to the Sisters of St. Francis, Assisi Heights, to purchase cushions for chairs in their coffee break room.

For 2018-2019 the Women’s Religious Project recipients were:

1.    Ct. St. Anne-$700.00 to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul, to help in financing health care for the uninsured at their health clinic and in educating immigrant women and in contributing to their emergency funds for utilities and rent for families in need;

2.    Ct. St. Bernard-$400.00 to the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth, to help in the cost of renting storage space during the renovation of their residence building;

3.    Ct. Queen of Peace-$300.00 to the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus to help with financing silent retreats;

4.    Ct. St. Mary Peter-$600.00 to Franciscan Clarist Congregation, Vermillion, to purchase a laptop for use in assist teaching of struggling students.19