Cor Jesu Monastery, New Market, United States

What it is

Cloistered contemplative nuns of pontifical right whose life of prayer, sacrifice and Eucharistic adoration is offered for priests. Their motherhouse, Cor Jesu Monastery, stands on the Holston River in East Tennessee.

What it needs

The Holy Family Expansion Campaign is raising money to enlarge the main chapel, improve the sisters' living space and build accommodation for short- and long-term care of members. The appeal carries an endorsement from Bishop Mark Beckman of Knoxville.

Before you act. The campaign page was published in February 2025 and last changed in July 2025; it states no target, amount raised or timetable, and no later progress report was found. The site's home page, revised in October 2026, speaks of the 'upkeep of our Holy Family Building', so part of the project may already be built. The member count (14 professed) is from a Cloistered Life listing first published in 2018.

Sources

Last checked 9 November 2026. Parts of this entry could not be fully confirmed; see the note above. Responsible body: Handmaids of the Precious Blood (501(c)(3)).

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