St. Mary’s Mission School
Red Lake, Minnesota
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1888–present [2023]
Current Diocese: Crookston
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, 1888–1889
Duluth, 1889–1909
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, 1888–2009*
On a Reservation: Red Lake Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Red Lake Chippewa
Notes: The boarding school closed in 1940 and continued as a day school. The Sisters of St. Benedict withdrew from the school in 2009 and turned it over to the Diocese of Crookston.