St Walburg Monastery

Name

St Walburg Monastery

Legal name

St. Walburg Monastery

Website

https://stwalburg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1859

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Spiritual Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (72131)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Religious Orders & Monastic Communities (Monasteries, Convents) (BPAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Benedictine monastic community
• Spiritual retreat services
• Catholic education ministry
• Benedictine Oblate formation
• Monastic hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Villa Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Support: The monastery relies on donations from benefactors, supporters, and the public to support its operations and ministries. The community publishes a newsletter (Leaven) and maintains a donation portal on its website.
2. Retreat and Guest House Services: The monastery offers retreat space and hospitality services through its guest house facilities, welcoming guests for spiritual retreats and accommodations.
3. Villa Madonna Academy Sponsorship: The monastery historically sponsored and supported Villa Madonna Academy, a Catholic school. While sponsorship arrangements have evolved, the monastery maintains connections to educational ministries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St. Walburg Monastery is a Benedictine monastic community of vowed women who live under the Rule of St. Benedict, praying the Liturgy of the Hours in common. The community offers on-site retreat and guest house hospitality, a Benedictine Oblates formation program for laypeople, spiritual direction and vocation discernment, and sponsors Catholic K-12 education through Villa Madonna Academy along with parish-based pastoral ministry across the Diocese of Covington.

Product overview

St. Walburg Monastery is a Benedictine monastic community offering a portfolio of spiritual and educational services centered on their identity as vowed women seeking God through prayer, work, and community. The core offerings include monastic community life with communal Liturgy of the Hours, retreat and guest house hospitality, a Benedictine Oblates program for lay associates, and sponsorship of Villa Madonna Academy for elementary and secondary education. These products form an integrated spiritual ecosystem supporting the monastery's mission to serve God and all people.

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Brands

• We the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery: Community mission statement: vowed women who seek God in prayer, work and community, celebrating the presence of Jesus Christ and serving him in all God's people

Products and services

• Monastic Community Life Benedictine monastic community following the Rule of St. Benedict, featuring communal prayer (Liturgy of the Hours), daily Mass, community gatherings, and mutual support among vowed women. Open to women discerning a monastic vocation through formal formation stages.
• Retreat Space and Guest House

Quantifiable outcome

• 35 Oblates renewed their commitment in 2025, with some celebrating 25th and 20th anniversaries

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Housing Opportunities of Northern KentuckyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 October 2008Groundbreaking ceremony for sesquicentennial House of Blessing project with Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky. The monastery leased land for the development called 'The Sanctuary' on 85 acres of monastery property sold to strengthen ability to provide for future retirement needs.
• Franciscan Sisters of Sylvania, Ohio / Franciscan Care CentersminorOthers · 15 February 2007Madonna Manor, Inc. was transferred to Franciscan Sisters of Sylvania, Ohio to become part of Franciscan Care Centers. This was a strategic decision to ensure continued operation of the personal care facility while reducing monastery involvement in healthcare management. The monastery previously received permission from Rome to undertake hospital work in 1946.
• Villa Madonna AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe monastery maintains a close relationship with Villa Madonna Academy, a Catholic K-12 school. Sisters serve at the school and the monastery chairs a Benedictine Identity Committee. The monastery has historical ties to the school dating to 1904 when Villa Madonna Academy opened.
• Benedictine Sisters of Ferdinand and Beech GroveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2024, sisters from St. Walburg joined with Benedictine houses in Ferdinand and Beech Grove, Indiana for a 'family reunion.' St. Walburg founded Ferdinand's Monastery Immaculate Conception, which in turn founded Beech Grove's Our Lady of Grace Monastery. The council members meet periodically to collaborate.
• Thomas More UniversityminorOthersThomas More College Library was named the Benedictine Library in 2015 in honor of the Benedictine Sisters, recognizing the community's contribution to Catholic education in the region.
• Congregation of St. ScholasticacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 1937, the community received permission from Bishop Howard to join the Congregation of St. Scholastica and adopt its constitution on a trial basis for three years. The community participates in the Federation of St. Scholastica and the Communion of International Benedictines (CIB).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• St. Scholastica Monastery (Duluth, Minnesota): Benedictine monastery of women that is the lead congregation within the Federation of St. Scholastica, of which St. Walburg is a member since 1937.
• Monastery Immaculate Conception (Ferdinand, Indiana): Benedictine monastery of women founded in 1867 by sisters from St. Walburg Monastery. Same Benedictine tradition and historical lineage, sharing Federation of St. Scholastica affiliation.
• Monastery of St. Gertrude (Cottonwood, Idaho): Benedictine monastery of women operating retreat, hospitality, and Oblate programs in the Western US. Directly comparable as a women's Benedictine community with retreat ministry and Oblates.
• Benedictine Sisters of Mount Angel (Saint Benedict, Oregon): Benedictine community in Oregon operating retreat programs and a theological university. Comparable as a Benedictine women's community with retreat ministry and Oblate formation.
• Our Lady of Grace Monastery (Beech Grove, Indiana): Benedictine monastery of women founded by Ferdinand's Monastery Immaculate Conception, the daughter house of St. Walburg. Part of the same Federation of St. Scholastica and engaged in periodic collaboration.
• Mount St. Benedict Monastery (Erie, Pennsylvania): Benedictine monastery of women from which St. Walburg's founding sisters came in 1859. Same Benedictine tradition and historical mother-daughter relationship with St. Walburg.

Others

• Carmelite Monastery (various locations): Catholic contemplative women's monasteries offering retreat programs. Comparable as retreat and spiritual direction providers though operating under a different monastic rule.
• Visitation Monastery (various locations): Catholic women's monastic communities focused on contemplative life and retreat hospitality. Comparable as faith-based retreat providers though not Benedictine.

Broad incumbents

• Saint Meinrad Archabbey (St. Meinrad, Indiana): Benedictine men's community and seminary/graduate school that historically partnered with St. Walburg's founding sisters to establish Ferdinand's Monastery Immaculate Conception. Comparable as a Benedictine institution with retreat and education offerings.

Regional players

• Thomas More University (Crestview Hills, Kentucky): Catholic university adjacent to St. Walburg Monastery whose library was named the Benedictine Library in 2015 in honor of the community. Comparable as a regionally-rooted Catholic institution with overlapping educational heritage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-walburg-monastery

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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