Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis
Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis is a Roman Catholic church at 3390 Windsor Avenue in Dubuque, IA 52001. It is one of 74 churches in Dubuque, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Our mission as Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, Iowa, is to live in right relationship with all creation.
Our congregational spirituality flows from the gift of Baptism through which we share the life and mission of Jesus and from profession of vows through which we deepen our baptismal gift according to the founding charism and sound traditions of our congregation.
3390 Windsor Avenue, Dubuque, IA, 52001Service times
Thursday, April 9, 2026 followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 1:00 p.m (as listed)
Phone: +1-563-583-9786 · Website: https://www.osfdbq.org/
Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 443 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Iowa — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
Ministries at Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis
- Human Trafficking Advocacy
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Latest from Sisters of St. Francis Dubuque's YouTube channel: Remembering Service for Sr. Ruth Fagan (6-19-26) (all videos).
The community around Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 9.0% (3.9–14.0%)
- Obesity: 36.4%
- Social Isolation: 31.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
- Food Insecurity: 15.6%
- Diabetes: 14.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Dubuque city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 1,439 residents.
Churches near Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis
- Third Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Gracepoint Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Baptist Food Distribution Center — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away
- Holy Spirit Parish Dubuque — 1.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 1.5 mi away
- Immanuel Congregational Church — 1.7 mi away
- Saint Matthew Lutheran Church — 1.7 mi away
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