Dates of Operation: 1878–1969
Current Diocese: Crookston
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, 1878–1889
St. Cloud, 1889–1909
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, 1878–1969*
Order of St. Benedict (St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN), 1878–1969*
On a Reservation: White Earth Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Chippewa; Ojibwe

Notes: The school opened in 1878 and was destroyed by fire the following year. It reopened in 1882. In 1945 the boarding school closed. The school transitioned into a day school for local students and was renamed St. Benedict’s Mission School.