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.

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

 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

[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