It was founded in 1981 as the Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary by nuns from the Abbaye Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec.

[1] The only other monastery of the Solesmes Congregation in the United States is Clear Creek Abbey in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

[3] On November 11, 2023, Dom Geoffroy Kemlin, abbot president of the Solesmes Congregation, gave it the abbatial blessing to Mother Benedict McLaughlin.

[4] The congregation of the monastery uses Latin Gregorian chant during services,[5][6] part of the spiritual heritage of Cécile Bruyère and Prosper Guéranger.

[9] There is a small gift shop on the monastery property which sells religious goods such as rosaries made by the nuns, books, CDs, medals and crucifixes.