Mir House of Prayer opened in 1989 as a non-profit organization. It is governed by a board of directors and is under the auspices of the Bishop of KC-St. Joseph, Missouri diocese. The Chapel of the Holy Rosary was built and dedicated to the "Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary" for the purpose of 24 hour, 7 days a week Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration which began August 1,1999. The Chapel was designated a Pilgrimage Site by the Bishop for the Jubilee Year 2000. 

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Mir House of Prayer, a lay ministry by men and women of the Roman Catholic Church, is as much a virtuous attitude as a physical place; an attitude of the need for prayer and solitude in the life of every person as a means of living in peace, spiritual renewal and growth.