Father Johannes Starke brought together a small group of worshipers in the early 1930s, and the new church, which was a right angle extension of the 200 year old farmhouse, was consecrated in 1935. To begin with they were part of the Parish of Harstad, but in 1940 Storfjord became a parish in its own right under the name "The Holy Family".

Storfjord Gård had at the time of the takeover 37 acres of arable land and large areas of uncultivated land. The monks and their employees ran the farm, though not very successfully. By 1951 the congregation had also shrunk and there was internal discord among the members. The monastery was dissolved and a tenant farmer took over. For many years the congregation consisted of just a few faithful individuals and families, but an influx of committed Filipino women and others who wanted to practice their catholic faith, gave a new lease of life to the parish. Hence in 1981 the Diocese of Tromsø appointed new tenant farmers and a major effort was made to revive the farm and facilitate for spiritual life. The priest visited monthly from Bodø to say Sunday mass for the congregation, which had stabilized at around 20 members.

A new era started at Storfjord Gård in the summer of 2004 when three Polish monks arrived and by September that year they had established a new cistercian monastery under the name of "Queen of the Fjords" (Monasterium Reginae Aestuariorum).