Our mission is to enhance the quality of life

for seniors by providing homes and services

that support each individual's physical,

social and spiritual needs.

Meet Sister Annette Relf, the soul behind the mission that we serve to this day.

Sister Annette Relf was a nurse and the first Episcopal Deaconess in Minnesota. In 1894, moved by the plight of the destitute "aged and infirm," Sister Annette committed the rest of her life to serving these vulnerable souls. She rented a small home in St. Paul and raised funds by going door-to-door.

Although Sister Annette's mission received the blessing of the bishop, it has never received any funding from the diocese.

When Sister Annette died in 1915, her example of undaunted courage and commitment inspired others to continue her mission. In 1920, that mission found a permanent home with the purchase of what is now the site of our continuing care campus in Saint Paul 's Midway.