United States
313 living communities, 42 closed or moved since 2020, 36 with a sourced need.
Alabama
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelite Monastery of Mobile | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Mobile | No appeal found |
| Dominican Monastery of St. Jude, Marbury | Dominican, nuns | Marbury | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Hanceville | Poor Clare, nuns | Hanceville | Lives on gifts |
| Sacred Heart Monastery, Cullman | Benedictine, sisters | Cullman | Lives on gifts |
| St. Bernard Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Cullman | No appeal found |
| Visitation Monastery of Mobile | Visitation, nuns | Mobile | Lives on gifts |
Alaska
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Sacrament Monastery (Sisters of Perpetual Adoration), Anchorage | Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoratrices Perpetuas del Santísimo Sacramento, APSS), nuns | Anchorage | No appeal found |
Arizona
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, Phoenix | Benedictine, sisters | Phoenix | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of Solitude Monastery, Tonopah | Poor Clare, nuns | Tonopah | Lives on gifts |
| Santa Rita Abbey | Trappist, nuns | Sonoita | Appeal open |
Arkansas
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of St. Teresa of Jesus, Little Rock | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Little Rock | No appeal found |
| Holy Angels Convent, Jonesboro (Olivetan Benedictine Sisters) | Benedictine, sisters | Jonesboro | Lives on gifts |
| Little Portion Hermitage and Monastery (Brothers and Sisters of Charity) | Brothers and Sisters of Charity (integrated monastic community; public association of the faithful) | Berryville | Appeal open |
| St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith | Benedictine, sisters | Fort Smith | Lives on gifts |
| Subiaco Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Subiaco | Lives on gifts |
California
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux | Trappist, monks | Vina | No appeal found |
| Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph, Tehachapi | Norbertine, nuns | Tehachapi | Appeal open |
| Carmel of Cristo Rey, San Francisco | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | San Francisco | No appeal found |
| Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Kensington | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Kensington | No appeal found |
| Carmel of St. Teresa | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Alhambra | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of the Holy Family and St. Therese, Georgetown (Carmelite Nuns of Sacramento) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Georgetown | Appeal open |
| Carmel of the Infant Jesus, Santa Clara | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Santa Clara | No appeal found |
| Carmel of the Trinity, San Diego | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | San Diego | No appeal found |
| Carmelite Monastery of Carmel-by-the-Sea | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Carmel-by-the-Sea | Lives on gifts |
| Cistercian Monastery of Our Lady of Grace | Cistercian, monks | Aptos | No appeal found |
| Contemplatives of St. Joseph, South San Francisco | Contemplatives of St. Joseph (COSJ), public clerical association of the faithful, monks | South San Francisco | No appeal found |
| Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park | Dominican, nuns | Menlo Park | Lives on gifts |
| Former Carmelite Monastery of the Mother of God, San Rafael | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | San Rafael | Founded in 1965 by Mother Miriam of the Trinity to pray for the conversion of Russia; closed in 2021 because of the declining number of nuns. The building is now owned by Catholic Charities. Since 2022 Marin County has used one wing as transitional housing for women ("Carmelita House"), and in 2025 the county and Catholic Charities received a 2.7 million dollar grant to convert the other wing into nine apartments of permanent supportive housing, expected to be finished in 2026. |
| Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Monks of Mount Tabor) | Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine-rite) monks (Monks of Mount Tabor), monks | Redwood Valley | Lives on gifts |
| Incarnation Monastery | Camaldolese, monks | Berkeley | Lives on gifts |
| Missionaries of Charity Contemplative, Alhambra | Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative Sisters, sisters | Alhambra | The contemplative sisters left their Alhambra home for a newly renovated convent in Santa Ana in May 2021. What became of the Alhambra house was not found. |
| Missionaries of Charity Contemplative, San Diego | Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative Sisters, sisters | San Diego | No appeal found |
| Missionaries of Charity Contemplative, Santa Ana | Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative Sisters, sisters | Santa Ana | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Our Lady of La Vang (Cistercian nuns) | Cistercian, nuns | Thornton | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Perpetual Adoration, San Francisco | Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoratrices Perpetuas del Santísimo Sacramento, APSS), nuns | San Francisco | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Poor Clares, Santa Barbara | Poor Clare, nuns | Santa Barbara | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Angels, Hollywood | Dominican, nuns | Los Angeles (Hollywood) | Closed in 2022 after the community, reduced by age and by deaths from COVID-19, could no longer sustain the house; the monastery's website says the nuns joined Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park. In 2023 the North American Association of Dominican Monasteries and the Western Dominican Province announced a public request for proposals for the nearly four-acre property, whose 1940s buildings were designed by Wallace Neff. The nuns sold the property in February 2026: Homeboy Industries announced on 6 February 2026 that it had acquired the site and will turn it into Home of the Angels, a 60-bed residential treatment campus (50 beds for substance-abuse treatment and 10 for acute mental-health needs) funded by the California Department of Health Care Services and due to open at the end of 2027; the walking paths will remain and Homeboy will keep selling the nuns' pumpkin bread. |
| Monastery of the Risen Christ | Camaldolese, monks | San Luis Obispo | No appeal found |
| New Camaldoli Hermitage (Immaculate Heart Hermitage) | Camaldolese, monks | Big Sur | Urgent appeal |
| Our Lady of Sacramento Cistercian Monastery | Cistercian, monks | Walnut Grove | Lives on gifts |
| Poor Clare Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Los Altos Hills | Poor Clare, nuns | Los Altos Hills | Lives on gifts |
| Prince of Peace Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Oceanside | Lives on gifts |
| Redwoods Monastery (Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey) | Trappist, nuns | Whitethorn | Lives on gifts |
| Saint Andrew's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Valyermo | Appeal open |
| Sisters of the Cross Convent, Modesto | Sisters of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Religiosas de la Cruz del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, RCSCJ), sisters | Modesto | No appeal found |
| Sons of the Covenant Chaldean Monastery, El Cajon | Chaldean Catholic monks (Sons of the Covenant; monastery sui iuris of eparchial right), monks | El Cajon | |
| St. Joseph Monastery (Vietnamese Cistercians) | Cistercian, monks | Lucerne Valley | No appeal found |
| St. Lucy's Priory, Glendora | Benedictine, sisters | Glendora | No appeal found |
| Woodside Priory | Benedictine, monks | Portola Valley | No appeal found |
Colorado
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale | Benedictine, nuns | Virginia Dale | Lives on gifts |
| Benet Hill Monastery, Colorado Springs | Benedictine, sisters | Colorado Springs (Black Forest) | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of the Holy Spirit, Littleton | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Littleton | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Our Heavenly Father, Pueblo | Capuchin Poor Clare, nuns | Pueblo | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of Light Monastery, Denver | Capuchin Poor Clare, nuns | Denver | Appeal open |
| Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, Pueblo | Servants of the Blessed Sacrament (SSS), sisters | Pueblo | No appeal found |
| St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass | Trappist, monks | Old Snowmass | Closed. The Trappist General Chapter voted in autumn 2022 to close the monastery, founded from Spencer in 1956, because of its aging and dwindling community; the bookstore and retreat center shut in spring 2023 and the property of about 3,700 acres was listed in April 2024 at $150 million. It sold on 15 December 2025 for $120 million to Espen LLC, identified by the Wall Street Journal as Palantir CEO Alex Karp, with the approval of the Holy See; press reports expect it to be used as a private residence and working cattle ranch. The last public Mass was on 11 January 2026. Of the five remaining monks, three moved to St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, one to Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey, Oregon, and one, the longtime ranch manager, stayed on the property with the new owner's agreement. An easement keeps access to the monks' cemetery, where Fr. Thomas Keating is buried. A Commission of Closure of the Order is distributing the proceeds, mainly to other Trappist monasteries with a share for local needs. |
Connecticut
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of Regina Laudis, Bethlehem | Benedictine, nuns | Bethlehem | Lives on gifts |
| Carmelites of Mary Ever Virgin, Fairfield | Carmelite, nuns | Fairfield | Lives on gifts |
| Convent of St. Birgitta (Vikingsborg), Darien | Bridgettine, sisters | Darien | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Our Lady of Grace, North Guilford | Dominican, nuns | North Guilford | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Glorious Cross, Branford (Benedictines of Jesus Crucified) | Benedictine, sisters | Branford | The United States house of a congregation founded in France, formed in 2001 by merging its two American communities on the grounds of the former Connecticut Hospice. The 77,470-square-foot monastery was sold for $1.6 million to 61 Burban Associates LLC, whose plans for it were not known. In 2024 the congregation's General Chapter decided to merge with the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of St. Bathilde and to close its monasteries in Normandy and the United States. The community's website is now empty; where the sisters went was not established. |
| Monastery of the Little Flower of Jesus, Danbury (formerly the Buffalo Carmel) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Danbury | Lives on gifts |
Delaware
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monastery of St. Veronica Giuliani, Wilmington | Capuchin Poor Clare, nuns | Wilmington | Lives on gifts |
| St. Gertrude Monastery, Newark (Benedictine Sisters, formerly of Ridgely, Maryland) | Benedictine, sisters | Newark | No appeal found |
District of Columbia
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Visitation Monastery | Visitation, nuns | Washington | No appeal found |
| St. Anselm's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Washington | Lives on gifts |
Florida
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the King Monastery of St. Clare, Delray Beach | Poor Clare, nuns | Delray Beach | Closed. The nuns, unable to keep up the 1967 building, agreed in February 2022 to sell it and moved out; the buyer, TL Management, failed to win rezoning for a nursing home and sold the site to Toll Brothers for $8.5 million in December 2023. In October 2024 the city planning board cleared the way to demolish the 34,060-square-foot monastery for 26 houses. The federation website still lists the house. Where the sisters went was not found. |
| Holy Name Monastery, St. Leo (Benedictine Sisters of Florida) | Benedictine, sisters | St. Leo | Closing or moving |
| Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, Homestead (Miami Carmel) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Homestead | No appeal found |
| Saint Leo Abbey | Benedictine, monks | St. Leo | Lives on gifts |
| San Damiano Monastery of St. Clare (Fort Myers Beach community, now in Naples) | Poor Clare, nuns | Naples | Lives on gifts |
| San Damiano Monastery of St. Clare, Fort Myers Beach (former site) | Poor Clare, nuns | Fort Myers Beach | Destroyed by Hurricane Ian in 2022 and afterwards demolished; the monastery stood behind the Church of the Ascension. The four sisters moved to a house in Naples (see the San Damiano entry for Naples). What will be done with the site was not found. |
Georgia
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictine Priory, Savannah | Benedictine, monks | Savannah | No appeal found |
| Former Our Lady of Confidence Carmelite Monastery, Savannah | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Savannah | Founded in 1958. Suppressed and closed in late 2022 under the instruction Cor Orans, when a handful of nuns remained; the monastery website no longer exists, though one directory still lists the house. One former member has since started a private, non-canonical community near High Springs, Florida. What became of the Savannah property was not established. |
| Monastery of the Holy Spirit | Trappist, monks | Conyers | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Snellville (Maryfield) | Visitation, nuns | Snellville | No appeal found |
Hawaii
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictine Monastery of Hawaii, Waialua (Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit Monastery) | Benedictine, sisters | Waialua | No longer a recognized Catholic community. Begun in 1983-1984 from the Benedictine community of Pecos, New Mexico, it left the Olivetan Congregation when that congregation decided in 2012 to close it, and in 2013 became a public association of the faithful of the Diocese of Honolulu. With only two professed members left, Sister Celeste Cabral and Sister Mary Jo McEnany, Bishop Larry Silva withdrew the diocese's support and voided that status with effect from 1 July 2026; the Blessed Sacrament was removed from the chapel to St. Michael Church, Waialua. The diocese said the monastery or a successor entity must care for its professed members, and the remaining members are making a transition to a new entity. |
| Carmel of the Holy Trinity, Kaneohe | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Kaneohe | Lives on gifts |
Idaho
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Post Falls | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Post Falls (Coeur d'Alene) | No appeal found |
| Marymount Hermitage (Hermit Sisters of Mary), Mesa | Hermit Sisters of Mary (diocesan community of women hermits under the Rule of St Benedict), hermits | Mesa | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Our Lady of Ephesus, Boise (Fraternity of Verbum Spei) | Fraternity of Verbum Spei (contemplative fraternity of brothers and priests), monks | Boise | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood | Benedictine, sisters | Cottonwood | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Ascension | Benedictine, monks | Jerome | Closing or moving |
Illinois
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annunciation Monastery, Minooka (Poor Clares of Joliet) | Poor Clare, nuns | Minooka | Lives on gifts |
| Carmelite Monastery of Des Plaines | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Des Plaines | No appeal found |
| Cistercian Fathers, Priory of Our Lady Mother of the Church (Polish Mission and Shrine of St. John Paul II) | Cistercian, monks | Willow Springs | No appeal found |
| Corpus Christi Monastery, Rockford | Poor Clare, nuns | Rockford | No appeal found |
| Marmion Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Aurora | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Mary the Queen, Girard | Dominican, nuns | Girard | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Holy Cross | Benedictine, monks | Chicago | Lives on gifts |
| Mother of Good Counsel Monastery, New Lenox | Augustinian, nuns | New Lenox | No appeal found |
| Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy, Belleville | Poor Clare, nuns | Belleville | No appeal found |
| Poor Clare Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, Palos Park (Chicago) | Poor Clare, nuns | Palos Park | No appeal found |
| Sacred Heart Monastery, Lisle (Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart) | Benedictine, sisters | Lisle | No appeal found |
| St. Bede Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Peru | Lives on gifts |
| St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island | Benedictine, sisters | Rock Island | No appeal found |
| St. Procopius Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Lisle | Lives on gifts |
| St. Scholastica Monastery, Chicago (Benedictine Sisters of Chicago) | Benedictine, sisters | Chicago (West Ridge / Rogers Park) | No appeal found |
| St. Therese Convent (Contemplative Sisters of St. John), Princeville | Contemplative Sisters of St. John, sisters | Princeville | Lives on gifts |
Indiana
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of St. Joseph, Terre Haute | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Terre Haute | Lives on gifts |
| Maria Regina Mater Monastery, Kokomo | Poor Clare, nuns | Kokomo | No appeal found |
| Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand (Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand) | Benedictine, sisters | Ferdinand | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of St. Anne, Evansville (Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles) | Benedictine, nuns | Evansville | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Evansville | Poor Clare, nuns | Evansville | Closed. Founded by Mother Maddalena Bentivoglio in 1897; she died there in 1905. In June 2023, having fallen below the minimum number of nuns required, the community announced its closure and the relocation of the remaining sisters, after 126 years in the diocese. On 13 May 2024 the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles (Gower, Missouri) moved in; the house is now their Monastery of St. Anne. The federation website still lists the Poor Clare house. |
| Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove | Benedictine, sisters | Beech Grove | Appeal open |
| Saint Meinrad Archabbey | Benedictine, monks | St. Meinrad | Lives on gifts |
Iowa
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Carmelite Monastery of Eldridge | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Eldridge | The community, which had lived at Bettendorf (Regina Coeli Monastery) before moving into a new monastery near Eldridge in November 1975, decided in 2019 that falling numbers required a move and that it should no longer own property. On 28 September 2020 the remaining nuns moved to The Canticle, the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis at Clinton, Iowa, and the Eldridge monastery was put up for sale. Carmelite Communities Associated now lists Eldridge among its former Carmels. At least one of the Carmelites, Sister JonFe de Torres, was still living at The Canticle in June 2025. |
| Monastery of Our Lady of the Incarnation, Sioux City | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Sioux City | No appeal found |
| New Melleray Abbey | Trappist, monks | Peosta | No appeal found |
| Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey | Trappist, nuns | Dubuque | No appeal found |
Kansas
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison | Benedictine, sisters | Atchison | Lives on gifts |
| St. Benedict's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Atchison | Appeal open |
Kentucky
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of Gethsemani | Trappist, monks | Trappist | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Sacred Passion, Passionist Nuns of Erlanger | Passionist, nuns | Erlanger | No appeal found |
| St. Joseph Monastery, Passionist Nuns of Whitesville | Passionist, nuns | Whitesville | Lives on gifts |
| St. Walburg Monastery, Villa Hills (Benedictine Sisters of Covington) | Benedictine, sisters | Villa Hills | Lives on gifts |
Louisiana
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of St. Joseph and St. Teresa, Covington | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Covington | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Mary, Mother of Grace, Lafayette | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Lafayette | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Heart of Jesus, Lockport | Dominican, nuns | Lockport | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Mother of the Redeemer, Opelousas | Benedictine | Opelousas | |
| Saint Joseph Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Saint Benedict | Appeal open |
| St. Clare Monastery, New Orleans | Poor Clare, nuns | New Orleans | No appeal found |
Maine
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Sacrament Convent and Chapel (Servants of the Blessed Sacrament), Waterville | Servants of the Blessed Sacrament (SSS), sisters | Waterville | No appeal found |
| Transfiguration Hermitage, Windsor | Sisters of Transfiguration Hermitage (diocesan monastic community under the Rule of St Benedict), sisters | Windsor | Lives on gifts |
Maryland
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Sisters of the Poor, All Saints Priory, Catonsville | Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor (monastic community, diocesan institute of the Archdiocese of Baltimore), sisters | Catonsville | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of Port Tobacco | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | La Plata (Port Tobacco) | Lives on gifts |
| Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Baltimore (Towson) | Appeal open |
| Emmanuel Monastery, Lutherville (Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore) | Benedictine, sisters | Lutherville (Baltimore County) | Lives on gifts |
Massachusetts
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Carmel (Carmelite Monastery of Boston), Roxbury | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Boston | Lives on gifts |
| Former Carmelite Monastery of Danvers | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Danvers | Closed following a Vatican directive. By September 2024 the contents of the monastery, dedicated to St. Therese of Lisieux, had been auctioned and neighbors were opposing a proposed redevelopment of the site, which the local paper reported would probably mean demolition. |
| Franciscan Monastery of St. Clare, Westwood (Poor Clare Nuns of Boston) | Poor Clare, nuns | Westwood | Lives on gifts |
| Glastonbury Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Hingham | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Andover | Poor Clare, nuns | Andover | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Jamaica Plain, Boston (former site) | Poor Clare, nuns | Boston (Jamaica Plain) | The 54,000-square-foot monastery, occupied from 1934, was vacated on 15 December 2023 when the community moved to Westwood. After a 2022 plan to demolish it drew public protest, the sisters agreed to sell it standing to Holland Properties for an undisclosed sum. Redevelopment was still under review in August 2026, when the developer (Sixteen Penny) presented a third proposal that would raze the former monastery and build 158 homes next to the Arnold Arboretum. |
| Monastery of the Mother of God, West Springfield | Dominican, nuns | West Springfield | Lives on gifts |
| Most Holy Trinity Monastery (Maronite Monks of Adoration) | Maronite monks (Maronite Monks of Adoration, Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn), monks | Petersham | Lives on gifts |
| Mount St. Mary's Abbey | Trappist, nuns | Wrentham | No appeal found |
| St. Benedict Abbey, Still River | Benedictine, monks | Still River (Harvard) | Lives on gifts |
| St. Joseph's Abbey | Trappist, monks | Spencer | Lives on gifts |
| St. Mary's Monastery, Petersham | Benedictine, monks | Petersham | Lives on gifts |
| St. Scholastica Priory, Petersham | Benedictine, nuns | Petersham | Lives on gifts |
| Visitation Monastery of Tyringham (Mont Deux Coeurs) | Visitation, nuns | Tyringham | Lives on gifts |
Michigan
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelite Monastery of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Traverse City | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Traverse City | Lives on gifts |
| Holy Transfiguration Skete (Society of St. John; also called Holy Protection Monastery) | Ukrainian Greek Catholic monks (Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago), monks | Eagle Harbor | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Ada (Grand Rapids) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Ada | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Clinton Township (Detroit Carmel) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Clinton Township | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, Farmington Hills | Dominican, nuns | Farmington Hills | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Holy Cross, Iron Mountain | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Iron Mountain | No appeal found |
| Our Lady of Mount Thabor Monastery, Ortonville | Dominican, nuns | Ortonville (Groveland Township) | Begun by Sr. Anne Mary of the Trinity, who left the Union City monastery in 1967, and Sr. Mary Martin DiGiambattista; they established the monastery in 1972 and moved onto land on Bald Eagle Lake Road in 1973. By 2022 three sisters remained: two moved to Farmington Hills in 2022 and one to Girard, Illinois, and the local paper reported in November 2022 that the closing of the monastery was under way. The property of almost 19 acres on Lake Renchik was offered for sale in August 2022 at 1,649,000 dollars; the outcome of the sale was not confirmed in the sources read. |
| Sacramentine Monastery of Perpetual Adoration, Conway | Sacramentine nuns (Religious of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament and of Our Lady, OSS), nuns | Conway | No appeal found |
| Sisters of St. Clare, Saginaw | Poor Clare, nuns | Saginaw | Closed as a monastery. Founded from Minnesota in 1991 at the invitation of Bishop Kenneth Untener. In 2023, after 33 years, the two remaining sisters moved to live with the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters in Wheaton, Illinois, from where they continue their prayer-request ministry, newsletter and website, and still accept donations. The federation website still lists the Saginaw address. What became of the Saginaw property was not found. |
| St. Benedict Monastery, Oxford | Benedictine, monks | Oxford | No appeal found |
Minnesota
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of Our Lady of Divine Providence, Lake Elmo | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Lake Elmo | Appeal open |
| Carmelite Hermitage of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Carmelite, hermits | Lake Elmo | Appeal open |
| Convent of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, Ghent | Sisters of Mary Morning Star (Maria Stella Matutina), sisters | Ghent | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Rochester (formerly Minneapolis and Bloomington) | Poor Clare, nuns | Rochester | No appeal found |
| Mount St. Benedict Monastery, Crookston (Sisters of Saint Benedict of Crookston) | Benedictine, sisters | Crookston | Closing or moving |
| Saint Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph | Benedictine, sisters | St. Joseph | Closing or moving |
| Saint John's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Collegeville | Lives on gifts |
| St. Clare's Monastery, Sauk Rapids | Poor Clare, nuns | Sauk Rapids | No appeal found |
| St. Paul's Monastery, Maplewood | Benedictine, sisters | Maplewood (St. Paul) | Lives on gifts |
| St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth | Benedictine, sisters | Duluth | Lives on gifts |
| Visitation Monastery of Minneapolis | Visitation, nuns | Minneapolis | Lives on gifts |
Mississippi
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Therese, Jackson | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Jackson | Lives on gifts |
| St. Joseph Monastery, Natchez (Institute of the Incarnate Word, contemplative branch) | Institute of the Incarnate Word (monastic branch), monks | Natchez | No appeal found |
Missouri
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower (Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles) | Benedictine, nuns | Gower | Lives on gifts |
| Assumption Abbey, Ava | Cistercian, monks | Ava | No appeal found |
| Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde | Benedictine, sisters | Clyde | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of Jefferson City (community now at Clyde) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Clyde (formerly Jefferson City) | No appeal found |
| Carmel of St. Joseph, St. Louis (Ladue) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | St. Louis | Lives on gifts |
| Conception Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Conception | Appeal open |
| Maria Droste Contemplative Community (Good Shepherd), St. Louis | Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, contemplative branch), sisters | Normandy (St. Louis County) | The contemplative sisters' altar-bread ministry in St. Louis ended in 2020 and its members moved to the Good Shepherd community at Mason Pointe senior living. The congregation's 10.4-acre Normandy campus on Natural Bridge Road, which included the Maria Droste residence, was sold in September 2022 to U.S. Federal Properties for a new USDA facility. |
| Monastery of St. Alphonsus, Redemptoristine Nuns of Liguori | Redemptoristine, nuns | Liguori | Closed in May 2023. Eight sisters from the Redemptoristine monastery at Barrie, Ontario, founded the house in 1960 at the invitation of Archbishop Joseph Ritter of St. Louis. Eight sisters have died since 2016 and the life could no longer be maintained; the last two sisters left on 25 April and 11 May 2023 for the Redemptoristine monastery in Dublin, Ireland. In March 2024 the building was being completely renovated as the new offices and warehouse of Liguori Publications, the Catholic publisher a few hundred yards along Liguori Drive. Some directories still list the monastery, and its former web address now carries unrelated gambling advertising. The story is finished and there is nothing to support. |
| Monastery of St. Clare of the Immaculate Conception, St. Louis | Poor Clare, nuns | St. Louis (Oakville) | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Joseph, Ava (Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles) | Benedictine, nuns | Ava | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, Passionist Nuns of St. Louis | Passionist, nuns | Ellisville | No appeal found |
| Mount Grace Convent (Pink Sisters), St. Louis | Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, SSpSAP, 'Pink Sisters'), nuns | St. Louis | Lives on gifts |
| Nazareth Hermitage | Catholic hermits living as a laura (Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau), hermits | Ava | No appeal found |
| Saint Louis Abbey | Benedictine, monks | St. Louis (Creve Coeur) | Lives on gifts |
| Visitation Sisters of St. Louis | Visitation, nuns | St. Louis | No appeal found |
Montana
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monastery of St. Clare, Great Falls (Poor Clares of Montana) | Poor Clare, nuns | Great Falls | Reported closed. Founded in 1999 as a Holy Name Federation foundation by four sisters from four monasteries. The Boston (Westwood) Poor Clares wrote in their May 2025 newsletter that "Montana's closing was a heartbreaker" and that a sister from the Montana monastery had joined them. The federation website still lists the house; no public announcement, closing date or account of what became of the property was found. |
Nebraska
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adoration Convent of Christ the King (Pink Sisters), Lincoln | Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, SSpSAP, 'Pink Sisters'), nuns | Lincoln | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Valparaiso | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Valparaiso | No appeal found |
| Christ the King Priory | Benedictine, monks | Schuyler | Lives on gifts |
| Franciscan Monastery of St. Clare, Omaha | Poor Clare, nuns | Omaha (Elkhorn) | Lives on gifts |
| Immaculata Monastery, Norfolk (Missionary Benedictine Sisters) | Benedictine, sisters | Norfolk | Lives on gifts |
| Mount Michael Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Elkhorn | Lives on gifts |
Nevada
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelite Monastery of Reno | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Reno | Lives on gifts |
New Hampshire
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Carmelite Monastery of Concord | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Concord | Closure was announced by the Diocese of Manchester in November 2020, after the community had shrunk to five mostly elderly nuns; one transferred to the Baltimore Carmel in the summer of 2020. The Concord Carmel was overseen by the Carmelites of Boston, whose prioress said the sisters would decide the future of the 39-acre property and of the crypt where the foundress, Mother Aloysius, is buried. What finally became of the property was not established. |
| Monastery of the Precious Blood, Manchester | Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood (APB), nuns | Manchester | Lives on gifts |
| Saint Anselm Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Manchester | No appeal found |
New Jersey
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Hermitage (Hermits of Bethlehem in the Heart of Jesus) | Hermits of Bethlehem (laura of consecrated hermits of diocesan right, Diocese of Paterson) | Chester | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of Mary Immaculate and St. Mary Magdalene, Flemington | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Flemington | Lives on gifts |
| Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), Chester | Carmelite, hermits | Chester | No appeal found |
| Holy Face Monastery | Benedictine, monks | Clifton | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, Summit | Dominican, nuns | Summit | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Chesterfield | Poor Clare, nuns | Chesterfield | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, Morristown | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Morristown | Lives on gifts |
| Newark Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Newark | Lives on gifts |
| St. Mary's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Morristown | Lives on gifts |
| St. Paul's Abbey, Newton | Benedictine, monks | Newton | At risk, no rescuer yet |
| St. Walburga Monastery, Elizabeth | Benedictine, sisters | Elizabeth | No appeal found |
New Mexico
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelite Monastery of Las Cruces | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Las Cruces | Lives on gifts |
| Carmelite Monastery of Santa Fe | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Santa Fe | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Christ in the Desert | Benedictine, monks | Abiquiu | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert, Gobernador (moving to Tickfaw, Louisiana) | Benedictine, nuns | Gobernador (postal address Blanco) | Closing or moving |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey, Pecos | Benedictine, monks | Pecos | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, Silver City | Benedictine, monks | Silver City | Lives on gifts |
| Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Roswell | Poor Clare, nuns | Roswell | Lives on gifts |
New York
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of the Genesee | Trappist, monks | Piffard | Lives on gifts |
| Blessed Sacrament Monastery (Sacramentine nuns), Scarsdale | Sacramentine nuns (Religious of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament and of Our Lady, OSS), nuns | Scarsdale (Edgemont, Town of Greenburgh) | The community was founded at Yonkers in 1911, moved to Warwick, New York, in 1991 and settled at Scarsdale in 1996. A Colliers sale brochure dated August 2022 offered the 6.77-acre property with its 15,752 square foot building for sale for the first time, to be delivered vacant, and county deed records summarized by PropertyShark show it sold on 7 April 2025 for 3,750,000 dollars; the buyer's name was not available. Where the remaining nuns went was not found, and the community's undated website still gives the Scarsdale address. |
| Carmelite Monastery of Rochester (Carmel of Our Lady and St. Joseph), Pittsford | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Pittsford | No appeal found |
| Corpus Christi Monastery, Bronx | Dominican, nuns | Bronx (Hunts Point), New York City | Lives on gifts |
| Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Beacon (Carmel of the Incarnation), New York | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Beacon (community has left the monastery) | No appeal found |
| Dominican Monastery of the Perpetual Rosary, Syracuse | Dominican, nuns | Syracuse | Closed in March 2020 after more than 90 years, when the sisters were 'in the single digits'; a January 2021 report says some relocated to Girard, Illinois, where the Dominican Monastery of Mary the Queen was building a new monastery. Joseph's House for Women, a Syracuse shelter for mothers and children, bought the monastery (reported as purchased in January 2021; a 2024 report dates the acquisition to 2022) and by March 2024 could house up to 15 women and their children there. |
| Former Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Brooklyn | The ten nuns left in late January 2023 for the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, citing noise and danger around Highland Park, and are building a permanent monastery at Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania; their Brooklyn monastery had been broken into several times. The property has been owned by the Diocese of Brooklyn since 2003. In May 2026 a developer, Watermark Capital Group, presented a rezoning plan to replace four of the five monastery buildings with a nine-story, 345-unit apartment block; no sale or ground lease had been recorded. |
| Former Monastery of the Little Flower of Jesus, Buffalo | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Buffalo | Vacated on 14 January 2024 when the 14 nuns moved to the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida; in September 2025 the community took up residence in Danbury, Connecticut, at 71 Southern Boulevard, which it describes as a temporary location. The 1920s monastery at 75 Carmel Road in North Buffalo belongs to the nuns' own corporation and was announced for sale in February 2024, to be marketed privately; under canon law the Bishop of Buffalo must approve a sale. In November 2024 the business press reported it had not yet been formally listed. No completed sale was found. |
| Maryknoll Sisters Contemplative Community (the Cloister), Maryknoll | Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Contemplative Community, sisters | Maryknoll (Ossining) | No appeal found |
| Missionaries of Charity Contemplative, Our Lady of Lourdes Convent, Brooklyn | Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative Sisters, sisters | Brooklyn (Bushwick) | No appeal found |
| Missionaries of Charity Contemplative, St. Anthony of Padua Convent, Bronx | Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative Sisters, sisters | Bronx | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Bethlehem, Our Lady of Lourdes | Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno, nuns | Livingston Manor | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, Buffalo | Dominican, nuns | Buffalo | Founded in Buffalo on 24 May 1905 from Union City. The community left its Doat Street monastery in 2020, citing an unsafe neighborhood, and relocated to the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, where it used the diocese's former seminary at Heath. The Buffalo monastery was sold in 2020 (buyer not identified in the sources read) and the remains of the sisters buried there were reinterred at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, in August 2021. A diocesan report says 14 sisters made the move. The community decided to close in 2022; the remaining nuns transferred to other Dominican monasteries, Summit among them, and the monastery received its official closure in 2023. |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Wappingers Falls (Poor Clares of New York) | Poor Clare, nuns | Wappingers Falls | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Edith Stein (Servidoras contemplatives), Brooklyn | Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (SSVM), contemplative branch, nuns | Brooklyn | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Precious Blood, Brooklyn (Adorers' community) | Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood (APB), nuns | Brooklyn (Borough Park) | The Adorers' community, the congregation's first United States foundation (1890; on Fort Hamilton Parkway since 1910), has ended. Contemplative Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará came to live in the monastery in 2011; the two communities shared it for 13 years, and the monastery's website now states that the Servants of the Lord remain and continue the mission the Adorers began. The building is still a working monastery under that community. |
| Mount Saviour Monastery | Benedictine, monks | Pine City | No appeal found |
| Precious Blood Monastery, Watertown | Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood (APB), nuns | Watertown | Lives on gifts |
| Redemptoristine Nuns at the Carmelite Monastery of the Incarnation, Beacon | Redemptoristine, nuns | Beacon | Relocated in August 2024. The Redemptoristine Nuns of New York, founded at Esopus in 1957, shared this monastery, a former Ursuline motherhouse, with the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Beacon from 2013. Both communities left in August 2024 because of small numbers and healthcare needs; Cardinal Dolan celebrated a farewell Mass on 26 July 2024. The four Redemptoristines moved to the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, where the community continues (see the Sparkill entry). The Beacon building remains the property of the Archdiocese of New York; its future use was not reported. There is nothing to support at Beacon. |
| Redemptoristine Nuns of New York | Redemptoristine, nuns | Sparkill | No appeal found |
| Sacred Heart Monastery (Basilian nuns), Middletown | Contemplative Nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic), nuns | Middletown | The contemplative branch of the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great, earlier at Sacred Heart Monastery in Astoria, Queens, relocated to Middletown and later left for the Basilian Sisters' motherhouse at 710 Fox Chase Road, Pennsylvania, where the contemplative community now lives. The date of the move was not confirmed, and what became of the Middletown property was not found. |
| Transfiguration Monastery | Camaldolese, nuns | Windsor | Lives on gifts |
| Visitation Monastery of Brooklyn (Bay Ridge) | Visitation, nuns | Brooklyn | Closed. In February 2024 the sisters, by then only two, announced that Visitation Academy would close in June 2024 and that they would have to leave the monastery, their home in Bay Ridge since 1903. Two sisters were still in residence in December 2024; the monastery website was still posting news in early 2025 and now only refers inquiries to the Visitation monastery at Rockville, Virginia. A sister in formation transferred to the Visitation monastery at Snellville, Georgia, where she made temporary vows on 8 December 2025. The 7.5-acre walled campus (monastery, chapel and school) is under contract for $42.25 million to 1137 91 LLC, a company of Brooklyn investors (Integritas Capital and Heights Advisors); the contract was signed on 23 April 2026 and the New York Attorney General approved the sale on 10 August 2026. The sale was still reported as pending on 28 October 2026, and neighbors have asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect the site. |
North Carolina
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Belmont | Lives on gifts |
| Queen of Peace Monastery (Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Peace), Rutherfordton | Benedictine, sisters | Rutherfordton | Lives on gifts |
North Dakota
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck | Benedictine, sisters | Bismarck | No appeal found |
| Assumption Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Richardton | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of Mary, Wahpeton | Carmelite, nuns | Wahpeton | No appeal found |
| Sacred Heart Monastery, Dickinson (formerly Richardton) | Benedictine, sisters | Dickinson | No appeal found |
Ohio
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of the Holy Family, Cleveland Heights | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Cleveland Heights | Lives on gifts |
| Christ the Bridegroom Monastery, Burton | Byzantine Catholic nuns (Ruthenian, Eparchy of Parma), nuns | Burton | Lives on gifts |
| Convent of St. Birgitta, Columbus | Bridgettine, sisters | Columbus | Appeal open |
| Franciscan Monastery of St. Clare, Cincinnati | Poor Clare, nuns | Cincinnati | Lives on gifts |
| Holy Family Hermitage (Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona) | Camaldolese, hermits | Bloomingdale | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, Cleveland | Poor Clare, nuns | Cleveland | No appeal found |
| Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, Conversion of St. Paul Shrine, Cleveland | Poor Clare, nuns | Cleveland | Appeal open |
| Queen of Heaven Monastery, Warren (Benedictine Sisters of the Byzantine Rite) | Benedictine, sisters | Warren | The Byzantine Benedictine sisters were formed at Sacred Heart Monastery, Lisle, sent to Warren in 1965 and became an independent priory in 1968-1969. In 2010 they became a dependent house of Lisle, sold their monastery on Squires Lane and moved into a wing of a new manor on the property of SS. Peter and Paul parish. On 1 June 2021 the trustees voted to dissolve the Queen of Heaven Monastery corporation and the sisters became members of Sacred Heart Monastery, Lisle; there is no longer a separate house. |
| Saint Andrew Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Cleveland | Lives on gifts |
| Sancta Clara Monastery, Canton | Poor Clare, nuns | Canton | Lives on gifts |
| Visitation Monastery of Toledo | Visitation, nuns | Toledo | Lives on gifts |
Oklahoma
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of St. Joseph, Piedmont | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Piedmont | Lives on gifts |
| Clear Creek Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Hulbert | Appeal open |
| Queen of Angels Priory, Hulbert (Benedictine Sisters of Clear Creek) | Benedictine, nuns | Hulbert | No appeal found |
| St. Gregory's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Shawnee | Lives on gifts |
| St. Joseph Monastery, Tulsa | Benedictine, sisters | Tulsa | Closing or moving |
Oregon
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigittine Monks, Priory of Our Lady of Consolation | Bridgettine, monks | Amity | No appeal found |
| Carmel of Maria Regina, Eugene | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Eugene | No appeal found |
| Duchovny Dom Byzantine Catholic Monastery | Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic monks (Eparchy of the Protection of Mary, Phoenix), monks | Weston | No appeal found |
| Mount Angel Abbey | Benedictine, monks | St. Benedict | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey | Trappist, monks | Carlton (near Lafayette) | No appeal found |
| Queen of Angels Monastery, Mount Angel (Benedictine Sisters of Mount Angel) | Benedictine, sisters | Mount Angel | No appeal found |
Pennsylvania
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Fairfield | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Fairfield | Appeal open |
| Carmel of St. Therese of Lisieux, Loretto | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Loretto | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of the Assumption, Latrobe | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Latrobe | No appeal found |
| Carmelite Monastery of St. Therese, Coopersburg (Carmelite Nuns of Allentown) | Carmelite, nuns | Coopersburg | No appeal found |
| Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Cheltenham | Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, contemplative branch), sisters | Cheltenham | No appeal found |
| Convent of Divine Love (Pink Sisters), Philadelphia | Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, SSpSAP, 'Pink Sisters'), nuns | Philadelphia | Lives on gifts |
| Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelite hermits; association of the faithful, Diocese of Harrisburg), hermits | Orrtanna (near Fairfield) | Lives on gifts |
| Former Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Elysburg | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Elysburg | A 1961 monastery re-founded in August 2009 by eleven nuns from Valparaiso, Nebraska, with the traditional Latin liturgy. The community outgrew the building and moved to the new monastery it is building at Fairfield, Pennsylvania, where the founding nuns took up residence in 2018. The Elysburg property of 92 acres was sold on 20 October 2023 to a Coptic Orthodox diocese, which now runs it as St. Mary and St. George Monastery. |
| Former Carmel of the Holy Family, Erie | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Erie | The Diocese of Erie confirmed the pending closure of the monastery in November 2020. In 2022 the remains of nine nuns buried there were moved to a new resting place, and in July 2026 the local paper reported that the monastery building had been demolished. |
| Former Carmelite Monastery of Philadelphia (Carmel of St. Joseph and St. Anne) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Philadelphia | Founded in 1902 and known as a cradle of American devotion to St. Therese. All but one of the nuns left on 9 April 2021 and returned to Nebraska; the remaining nun transferred to the Lake Elmo Carmel in January 2022. The Holy See suppressed the monastery by decree of 9 February 2022 and transferred its assets, including the property, to St. Joseph's Association, which said in April 2023 that it hoped the site would remain a sacred place. No later announcement about the property was found. |
| Holy Annunciation Monastery (Byzantine Discalced Carmelite nuns), Sugarloaf | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Sugarloaf | No appeal found |
| Holy Trinity Monastery, Butler | Benedictine, monks | Butler | No appeal found |
| Missionaries of Charity Contemplative, Mahanoy City | Missionaries of Charity, Contemplative Sisters, sisters | Mahanoy City | No appeal found |
| Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph (King Hill Carmel), Pleasant Mount | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Pleasant Mount | Appeal open |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Langhorne | Poor Clare, nuns | Langhorne | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Lancaster | Dominican, nuns | Lancaster (Manheim Township) | Dissolved in 2021. Founded at South Enola in 1925-1926 and in Lancaster from 1953 (monastery dedicated 1955). No new nun had entered since 2002; the last four nuns moved to Corpus Christi Monastery in the Bronx at the start of September 2021, and at least one member later transferred to Lufkin. The 35,000 square foot building on five acres, offered at 3.5 million dollars, was bought by CHI St. Joseph Children's Health and converted, at a cost of about 15 million dollars, into the Mary Francis Bachmann School, with students due to move in in June 2025. Sale proceeds were to support the former Lancaster nuns, with any surplus going to other Dominican monasteries. |
| Monastery of the Visitation, Philadelphia | Visitation, nuns | Philadelphia | Closed in summer 2023. The community descended from a monastery founded in Mexico in 1898 by sisters from Mobile; expelled in 1926, the sisters settled in Philadelphia that year and moved to City Avenue in 1940. The five remaining sisters dispersed to other Visitation monasteries (one to Tyringham, Massachusetts). The 11.6-acre property was bought by the neighboring Saint Joseph's University for $15 million (deed dated 27 June, reported in September 2023); the university had not then decided how to use it. The archives went to Georgetown Visitation Monastery. The story is finished and there is nothing to support. |
| Mount St. Benedict Monastery, Erie | Benedictine, sisters | Erie (Harborcreek Township) | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery, Passionist Nuns of Pittsburgh | Passionist, nuns | Pittsburgh | No appeal found |
| Sacred Heart Contemplative Monastery (Basilian nuns), Fox Chase Manor | Contemplative Nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great (Ukrainian Catholic), nuns | Fox Chase Manor (Jenkintown) | No appeal found |
| Saint Vincent Archabbey | Benedictine, monks | Latrobe | Lives on gifts |
| St. Benedict Monastery, Bakerstown (Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh) | Benedictine, sisters | Bakerstown | Lives on gifts |
| St. Emma Monastery, Greensburg | Benedictine, nuns | Greensburg | No appeal found |
| St. Gabriel's Monastery, Passionist Nuns of Scranton (Clarks Summit) | Passionist, nuns | Clarks Summit (South Abington Township) | Closed on 31 December 2020 after 94 years; the closing Mass was celebrated on 6 December 2020. The community was founded in the Scranton area in 1926 and moved to Clarks Summit in 1970, where it also had St. Gabriel's Retreat Center. Two nuns remained at the end; where they went was not reported. In February 2023 ten Discalced Carmelite nuns from Brooklyn moved temporarily into the former retreat center while planning a new monastery at Pleasant Mount; the current owner of the property is not stated. The story is finished and there is nothing to support. |
| St. Mary's Priory (Cistercian Monastery), New Ringgold | Cistercian, monks | New Ringgold | The community has died out. Fr. Luke Anderson, O.Cist., prior and co-founder, died on 4 January 2025 aged 97; a memorial notice of September 2025 calls him the last monk of St. Mary's and the last of its four founders, former Trappists of Spencer, Massachusetts. The same notice reports online reviews saying the monastery (17 bedrooms and a chapel on about 12.5 acres) had long been for sale. The order's list and the Diocese of Allentown's vocations page still carry the priory, the order's list without naming a superior. Who owns or uses the property today could not be confirmed. An obituary of another founder gives 1967 as the foundation year; the memorial notice says about 1975. |
Puerto Rico
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of St. Anthony the Abbot, Humacao | Benedictine, monks | Humacao | No appeal found |
| Monasterio Carmelita San José, Trujillo Alto | Carmelite, nuns | Trujillo Alto | |
| Monasterio Madre de Dios, Manatí (Dominican nuns) | Dominican, nuns | Manatí | No appeal found |
| Monasterio Santa María del Monte Carmelo, Mayagüez | Carmelite, nuns | Mayagüez | |
| Monastery of St. Benedict, Mayagüez | Benedictine, monks | Mayagüez | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Scholastica, Humacao | Benedictine, sisters | Humacao | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament and of the Immaculate, Hatillo | Esclavas del Santísimo Sacramento y de la Inmaculada (cloistered perpetual-adoration nuns), nuns | Hatillo |
Rhode Island
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Therese, Barrington | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Barrington | Six sisters remained in October 2020 and the last had left by mid-2021, when the empty monastery was put on the market at 3.5 million dollars. The Town of Barrington bought the seven-acre property from the Diocese of Providence in June 2021 and plans a "pocket neighborhood" of twelve homes for people over 55, six house lots and two acres of open space, which requires demolition of the monastery building. |
| Portsmouth Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Portsmouth | No appeal found |
South Carolina
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mepkin Abbey | Trappist, monks | Moncks Corner | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Travelers Rest | Poor Clare, nuns | Travelers Rest | Urgent appeal |
South Dakota
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mater Ecclesiae Monastery (Perpetual Adoration Sisters), Sioux Falls | Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoratrices Perpetuas del Santísimo Sacramento, APSS), nuns | Sioux Falls | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Our Mother of Mercy and St. Joseph, Alexandria | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Alexandria | Appeal open |
| Mother of God Monastery, Watertown | Benedictine, sisters | Watertown | No appeal found |
| Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton | Benedictine, sisters | Yankton | No appeal found |
| St. Martin Monastery, Rapid City | Benedictine, sisters | Rapid City | Closing or moving |
Tennessee
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cor Jesu Monastery (Handmaids of the Precious Blood), New Market | Handmaids of the Precious Blood (HPB), nuns | New Market | Appeal open |
Texas
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictine Monastery of Thien Tam (Heavenly Heart) | Benedictine, monks | Kerens | No appeal found |
| Blessed Sacrament Convent (Pink Sisters), Corpus Christi | Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Sister Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, SSpSAP, 'Pink Sisters'), nuns | Corpus Christi | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of Jesus Crucified, Cooke County (Muenster) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Muenster | Lives on gifts |
| Carmel of the Infant Jesus of Prague and St. Joseph, Dallas | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Dallas | Lives on gifts |
| Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas | Cistercian, monks | Irving | Appeal open |
| Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd, El Paso | Contemplative Sisters of the Good Shepherd (Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, contemplative branch), sisters | El Paso | No appeal found |
| Convent of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, Woodway (Waco) | Sisters of Mary Morning Star (Maria Stella Matutina), sisters | Woodway | Appeal open |
| Corpus Christi Monastery (Perpetual Adoration Sisters), El Paso Lower Valley | Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoratrices Perpetuas del Santísimo Sacramento, APSS), nuns | El Paso | Closed on 26 April 2026 after 59 years, as announced by the Diocese of El Paso; no reason was given. The order's statement points the faithful to the Expiatory Chapel of its Monastery of Christ the King at 145 N. Cotton Street, where adoration continues. What will become of the Lower Valley property has not been reported. |
| Former Carmel of Our Lady of Grace, Christoval | Carmelite, nuns | Christoval | Founded in 1989 by two nuns from Wahpeton, North Dakota, who settled at Christoval on ranchland given by Pierce and Deana Holt. The founding community decided to close the house; a farewell Mass was held on 22 November 2024 and the two remaining sisters left on 16 December 2024 for the Carmel of St. Therese at Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Allentown. The monastery stands empty; its future rests with the Order's superior general in Rome, and the hope is that another Catholic religious community will use it. The generalate list still shows it as a house. |
| Former Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, Arlington | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Arlington | After a dispute with the Bishop of Fort Worth that began in April 2023, the five nuns and the one novice were dismissed from the Order in October 2024, and the Holy See declared the community extinct and suppressed the monastery by decree of 28 November 2024. The women continued to live at the property and to present themselves as Carmelites, associated with the Society of St. Pius X; they are not a recognized Catholic monastery. In 2024, before the suppression, ownership of the property was transferred to a lay supporters' foundation, Friends of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington. |
| Holy Cross Monastery, Woodville | Benedictine, monks | Woodville | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of Christ the King (Perpetual Adoration Sisters), El Paso | Perpetual Adoration Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Adoratrices Perpetuas del Santísimo Sacramento, APSS), nuns | El Paso | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Rita and St. Joseph, Alamo | Capuchin Poor Clare, nuns | Alamo | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Guadalupe, Amarillo | Capuchin Poor Clare, nuns | Amarillo | Lives on gifts |
| Monastery of the Infant Jesus of Prague and Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Antonio | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | San Antonio | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Infant Jesus, Lufkin | Dominican, nuns | Lufkin | Lives on gifts |
| Mount Carmel Hermitage (Hermits of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel) | Carmelite, hermits | Christoval | No appeal found |
| St. Clare's Monastery, Houston (Brothers and Sisters of Charity) | Brothers and Sisters of Charity (integrated monastic community founded by John Michael Talbot) | Houston | |
| St. Scholastica Monastery, Boerne (Benedictine Sisters of Boerne) | Benedictine, sisters | Boerne | Closing or moving |
Utah
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity, Huntsville | Trappist, monks | Huntsville | Closed in 2017, before the 2020 cut-off, and recorded because directories still list it. Founded from Gethsemani in 1947, the community had fallen to about ten monks with an average age of 85 when it voted to sell; the final Mass was on 27 August 2017 and the remaining monks moved to a care home in Salt Lake City or to other abbeys. The property was bought by local resident Bill White (in 2016 according to the land trusts, 2017 according to the Deseret News; price not published) on the understanding that the land would stay in farming. In 2022 Summit Land Conservancy and Ogden Valley Land Trust placed a permanent conservation easement on about 1,050 acres, funded by an $8.8 million federal grant and local donations. It is now a working farm known as the Abbey Farm, which agreed in December 2025, pending state approval, to lease about 635 acre-feet of water for the benefit of the Great Salt Lake. |
| Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Salt Lake City | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Holladay (Salt Lake City) | Lives on gifts |
Vermont
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of St. Joseph, Lowell (Carmelites of Vermont) | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Lowell | Lives on gifts |
| Charterhouse of the Transfiguration | Carthusian, monks | Arlington | Lives on gifts |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Abbey, Westfield | Benedictine, nuns | Westfield | Lives on gifts |
| Weston Priory | Benedictine, monks | Weston | Lives on gifts |
Virginia
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Monastery of Poor Clares, Barhamsville | Poor Clare, nuns | Barhamsville | No appeal found |
| Holy Cross Abbey | Trappist, monks | Berryville | Lives on gifts |
| Mary Mother of the Church Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Richmond | Dissolved in 2026 according to the American-Cassinese Congregation. The abbey's site says its monks have joined the Belmont Abbey community in North Carolina and no longer live full-time at the Richmond abbey; there are no public Masses there, and the adoration chapel has moved to a nearby parish. Belmont Abbey now sponsors the two Benedictine schools on the Richmond campus and its monks visit regularly. Founded in 1911 from Belmont; an abbey from 1989. No dated announcement or statement on the future of the abbey building was found. |
| Monte Maria Monastery of the Visitation | Visitation, nuns | Rockville | No appeal found |
| Our Lady of the Angels Monastery | Trappist, nuns | Crozet | No appeal found |
| Poor Clare Monastery of Mary, Mother of the Church, Alexandria | Poor Clare, nuns | Alexandria | No appeal found |
| St. Benedict Monastery, Bristow (Benedictine Sisters of Virginia) | Benedictine, sisters | Bristow | Appeal open |
| St. Dominic's Monastery, Linden | Dominican, nuns | Linden | Appeal open |
Washington
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of St. Joseph, Seattle | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Shoreline (Seattle) | No appeal found |
| Carmelite Sisters of Mary, Newport | Carmelite Sisters of Mary (diocesan religious institute of Carmelite hermit nuns), hermits | Newport | No appeal found |
| Holy Theophany Monastery, Olympia | Byzantine Catholic nuns (Romanian Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Canton), nuns | Olympia | No appeal found |
| Mater et Décor Carmeli Monastery, Pasco | Carmelite, nuns | Pasco | No appeal found |
| Monastery of St. Clare, Spokane | Poor Clare, nuns | Spokane | Lives on gifts |
| Our Lady of the Rock Monastery, Shaw Island | Benedictine, nuns | Shaw Island | Lives on gifts |
| Sacred Heart Monastery (Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph) | Maronite monks (Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles), monks | Castle Rock | Lives on gifts |
| Saint Martin's Abbey | Benedictine, monks | Lacey | No appeal found |
| St. Placid Priory, Lacey | Benedictine, sisters | Lacey | Lives on gifts |
| Whitestone Monastery (Monks of Mary, Mother of the Word) | Benedictine, monks | Sprague | No appeal found |
Wisconsin
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel of the Mother of God, Pewaukee | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Pewaukee | No appeal found |
| Carmel of the Sacred Heart, Hudson | Carmelite, nuns | Hudson | Lives on gifts |
| Convent of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, Monona | Sisters of Mary Morning Star (Maria Stella Matutina), sisters | Monona | Lives on gifts |
| Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary, Greenfield (Milwaukee) | Dominican, nuns | Greenfield | No appeal found |
| Holy Resurrection Monastery | Romanian Greek Catholic monks (Eparchy of St. George in Canton), monks | St. Nazianz | No appeal found |
| Monastery of the Holy Name of Jesus, Denmark | Discalced Carmelite, nuns | Denmark | No appeal found |
| Seraphic Adorers of the Child Jesus, Plover | Seraphic Adorers of the Child Jesus (contemplative Franciscan community of Eucharistic adoration, diocesan), sisters | Plover | Lives on gifts |
| St. Benedict's Abbey (St. Benedict Priory), Benet Lake | Benedictine, monks | Benet Lake | Lives on gifts |
| Valley of Our Lady Monastery (Cistercian nuns) | Cistercian, nuns | Hollandale | Lives on gifts |
Wyoming
| House | Order | Town | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelite Monks of Wyoming (Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel), New Mount Carmel | Carmelite, monks | Meeteetse | Appeal open |