Der Konvent der Abtei St. Walburg in Eichstätt entsendete in den Jahren von 1851-1855 insgesamt 12 Schwestern nach Nordamerika, um deutschsprachige Einwanderer religiös zu
betreuen. Der Benediktinermönch Bonifaz Wimmer OSB aus der Abtei Metten, hatte damals dazu aufgerufen.
Aus diesen Anfängen entwickelten sich drei große, bald selbständige Kongregationen von Benediktinerinnen in den USA mit heute insgesamt über 50 Klöstern weltweit.
FEDERATION OF SAINT SCHOLASTICA
Saint Joseph's (1852) St. Mary's, Pennsylvania
1. Mount St. Benedict (1856) Erie, Pennsylvania
1. St. Walburg's (1859) Covington, Kentucky
1. St. Scholastica (1370) Covington, Louisiana
2. Sacred Heart (1902) Cullman, Alabama*
2. St. Scholastica (1861) Chicago, Illinois
2. St. Gertrude's (1857) Ridgely, Maryland
3. St. Benedict's (1857) St. Joseph, Minnesota
* Mount Saint Scholastica (1863) Atchison, Kansas
1. St. Benedict (1950) Mexico City, Mexico
2. St. Lucy's (1952) Glendora, California
3. Benet Hill (1965) Colorado Springs, Colorado
4. St. Walburga (1868) Elizabeth, New Jersey
* Emmanuel (1971) Severn; Lutherville (1986-), Maryland
5. Mount St. Mary's (1870) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1. St. Joseph (1879) Tulsa, Oklahoma
1. Holy Family (1947) Benet Lake, Wisconsin
2. Red Plains (1968) Piedmont, Oklahoma
2. Holy Name (1889) St. Leo, Florida
* Sacred Heart (1902) Cullman, Alabama*
3. Sacred Heart (1895) Lisle, Illinois
1. Our Lady of Sorrows (1951) Oak Forest, Illinois
2. Queen of Heaven (1969) Warren, Ohio
4. St. Scholastica (1911) Boerne, Texas
6. St. Benedict (1874) Bristow, Virginia
7. Transfiguration (1998) Emmaus, Pennsylvania
FEDERATION OF SAINT BENEDICT
Saint Benedict's Monastery (1857) St. Joseph, Minnesota
01. St. Scholastica (1892) Duluth, Minnesota
02. Saint Benedict (1930; 1948) Peking, China; Taipei, Taiwan
03. Saint Martin (1937) Nassau, The Bahamas
04. Mount Benedict Monastery (1944) Ogden, Utah
05. Annunciation (1947) Bismarck, North Dakota
06. St. Bede (1948) Eau Claire, Wisconsin
07. St. Paul's (1948) St. Paul, Minnesota
08. Santa Escolastica (1948) Humacao, Puerto Rico
09. Saint Benedict's (1952) Hokkaido, Japan
10. St. Placid (1952) Olympia/Lacey, Washington
11. St. Scholastica (1861) Chicago, Illinois
* St. Mary (1874; 1999) Nauvoo; Rock Island, Illinois
FEDERATION OF SAINT GERTRUDE
[1. St. Walburg's (1859) Covington, Kentucky]
Immaculate Conception (1867) Ferdinand, Indiana
1. St. Scholastica (1879) Fort Smith, Arkansas
* Our Lady of Peace (1969) Columbia, Missouri
2. Our Lady of Grace (1957) Beech Grove, Indiana
3. Queen of Peace (1963) Belcourt, North Dakota
4. Holy Spirit Monastery (1966) Grand Terrace, California
5. The Dwelling Place Monastery (197?) Martin, Kentucky
[2. St. Scholastica (1892) Duluth, Minnesota]
1. St. Benedict's (1912) Winnipeg, Manitoba
2. Mount St. Benedict (1919) Crookston, Minnesota
[St. Joseph's (1852) St. Mary's, Pennsylvania]
* Sacred Heart (1919) Richardton, North Dakota