Archdiocesan Men & Women Entering Religious Life
Please pray for these men and women
​from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis,
as they have entered formation to consecrated life,
but have not yet taken final vows.

MENS RELIGIOUS

Brotherhood of Hope

Sawyer Phillips
St. Patrick, Oak Grove

Brothers of the Christian Schools
​ (De La Salle Christian Brothers) 

Brother Mark Engelmeyer, FSC
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Carthusians

Brother Mary Peter
Church of St. Paul, Ham Lake

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Brother Paul Joseph
St. Charles Borromeo, St. Anthony

Brother Gabe Thorp
St. Michael, St. Michael

Jesuits

Seminarian Leo Rander
St. Lawrence, Minneapolis

Legionaries of Christ

Brother Morgan Backstrom
St.  Albert, Albertville

Brother John Sester
Mary, Queen of Peace, Rogers
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Norbertines

​Frater Titus Blackman
​(Jack Blackman)
​St. Gabriel, Hopkins

Oblates of the Virgin Mary

Deacon Jonathan Hank
St. Thomas the Apostle, Corcoran

St. John's Abbey

Travis Spillum
​Our Lady of Grace, Edina

WOMENS RELIGIOUS

Discalced Carmelite Nuns 
Traverse City, Michigan

Sr. Sophia Benedicta of the Cross and Our Lady (Sofia Nikula)
St. Francis Xavier, Buffalo

Dominican Sisters
Congregation of St. Cecilia, (Nashville)

Sr. Evangeline Marie
​ St. Joseph, WSP

Sr. Felicity Heither, O. P.
​St. Michael, Prior Lake

Sr. Sofia Thomas Coulter
Nativity of Our Lord, St. Paul

Dominican Sisters of Divine Providence

​Mary Espinosa
 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bloomington

Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

Sr. Maria Francisco, OP
Nativity of Mary, Bloomington

Grace Johnson,
​Holy Name of Jesus, Wayzata

Franciscan Order
​Disciples of Jesus Christ

Mary Sorteberg
St. Joseph, West St. Paul

Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus

There are 8 Young Women from the
​Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
in formation with the 
Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus

Little Sisters of the Lamb

Little Sister Candice
​Church of St. Ignatius, Annandale

Pro Ecclesia Sancta

Theresa Kostick
 St. Paul, Ham Lake
​
Sr.  Emily Syverson
St. Paul, Ham Lake

Saint Albert the Great
​Pre - Postulant House

Gabri Macinness
​Our Lady of Grace, Edina

Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary

Sr. Mary Bridgette (Bridgette Kisrow)
​Epiphany, Coon Rapids

Sisters of Mary Morning Star

Sr. Catherine Joy
St. Michael / St. Mary, Stillwater

Sisters of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Sr. Clara Maria ( Emily Malay)
​St. Joseph, WSP 

The Little Sisters of the Lamb

Little Sister Candice (Morgan Fournier)
Church of St. Ignatius, Annandale

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DID WE MISS YOU?

We would like to understand how many men and women in the Archdiocese are entering (or have entered) a religious order in the year 2022.   We will include info on our website and ask people to support them in prayer.
 
​Office of Vocations
Fr. David Blume 651-962-6892
Patty McQuillan 651-962-6890