That’s right! Peace House Community will celebrate its 40th anniversary on October 17, 2025. To mark the event, we are planning several celebrations throughout the year to remember where we’ve been and envision where we’re headed.
To begin, we’ve updated our logo. We’re keeping the image that so perfectly captures PHC’s essence. The house containing hands of different races and cultures releasing a dove (which itself is a pair of hands that work for peace) symbolizes all that PHC stands for. We’ve added the year of our founding so that everyone knows we’re here to stay. Our longevity demonstrates that PHC is now firmly established as part of the Minneapolis landscape.
We are planning a couple of special events for 2025. On February 1, we will host a pickleball fundraiser at Smash Park in Roseville. We hope to get our name in front of some new folks, and we want to learn how to put on fun events for our supporters. On October 9, Kevin Kling of MPR fame will host an evening of stories at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. The evening will include live interviews, videos of the lives of some of our community members, and more. We hope to give our current supporters a better idea of what their gifts do in our members’ lives, and to convince newcomers that PHC is the sort of place they want to join. Watch for updates about ticket sales and other details for the evening.
In sum, we are proud that the storefront organization that Sister Rose opened in1985 is still going strong. As a community, we’ve weathered financial ups and downs, relocation, a pandemic, the opioid epidemic, and more. We look forward to celebrating PHC’s success with you and laying the foundation for what comes next.
Peace House Community Timeline
- October 17, 1985 – Sister Rose Tillemans of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet opens Peace House Community at 510 E. Franklin Ave. in Minneapolis
- 1999 – Peace House Community registered as a non-profit corporation and took ownership of its building
- 2002 – Sister Rose dies
- 2004 – The PHC community installs the mosaic on the western wall of PHC, becoming a local landmark
- 2013 – PHC moves into its new building at 1816 Portland Ave. in Minneapolis. (A supportive housing facility is built on the site of PHC’s original home. The new building is named “The Rose” in Sister Rose’s honor.)
- 2020 – PHC closes briefly during the pandemic, but quickly re-opens to continuing servings its community members
- 2025 – PHC celebrates its 40th anniversary