The St. Bonaventure Monastery is a complex of religious buildings, built for the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin,[2] located at 1740 Mt.

[3] At the time, the Capuchin friars wrote to then-Bishop of Detroit Caspar Borgess, seeking permission to establish a community of the Order in his diocese.

The bishop responded by suggesting that they could serve as chaplains for the Eastside Historic Cemetery District and build a monastery in the city.

[4] The monastery was originally intended to serve the area's Catholic clergy and churches, but also provided emergency aid to the poor.

[5] His body was clothed in a new religious habit, placed in a steel casket, and re-interred beneath the north transept at St. Bonaventure's, where prayers are offered for the intercession of Fr.