Deep Faith. Courageous Spirit.
Action for Justice.

In her first solo exhibition, Performative, Bergmooser returns to her hometown of Monroe to reflect on the assumptions placed on her work, image, and identity.

Through posters, zines, chapbooks and audio recordings, the exhibition offers a powerful collection of voices exploring identity, memory, resilience, transformation and the experiences that shape our lives.

Over a cup of coffee or tea, women explore the graces and challenges of their lives as seen through the eyes of faith.  Marie Miller, IHM, is our facilitator. 

Front Lawn of the IHM Motherhouse
Presented by the Justice, Peace and Sustainability Office

Join the IHM Sisters and the Adrian Dominican Sisters for a Season of Creation gathering centered on water, our shared responsibility to care for creation and our call to peace and healing.

Join us for the official opening of “Scarred Identity,” an exhibit in the IHM Motherhouse Art Gallery. The exhibit features collaborative and individual creative work from the Writing Club at EMU’s College in Prison program from Women’s Huron Valley.

We will come together in a good way to share Anishinaabek ways of knowing around water and attendees can participate in water ceremony. We will honor niibi (water) as a relative and a life-giving force. We will learn how we can care for the water and what we can do each day to help the water heal for the future generations to come.

Over a cup of coffee or tea, women explore the graces and challenges of their lives as seen through the eyes of faith.  Marie Miller, IHM, is our facilitator. 

Both scriptures and tradition point to the prominent role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus’ life.  Mary is an early follower of Jesus.  She is mentioned first in all New Testament lists of those looking on at Jesus’ crucifixion…

The IHM Chapel Concert Series, which brings together musical groups from across the Monroe community, resumes on October 18. The season opens with a Gospel Choir led by Yolanda Spain performing at 3:00 pm.

What if the very ground beneath us could speak to us about presence and God — and also give us practical tips about our own life?

Especially in today’s world, change surrounds us–in every aspect of our lives. Then, during the changes, we ourselves are called to change. Have you found yourself in the midst of a life change or a change that someone else or circumstances is asking you to make?

Over a cup of coffee or tea, women explore the graces and challenges of their lives as seen through the eyes of faith.  Marie Miller, IHM, is our facilitator. 

During America’s 250th anniversary, it is important to focus on foundational figures from the African American community like Elizabeth Freeman “Mum Bett” (1744-1824), Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), and Harriet Tubman (1822-1913), who fought for freedom and shaped national and democratic ideas.

On October 2, 2006, the worst school shooting in Pennsylvania history took place at a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines. Ten girls were shot, and six were killed. The nation was captivated by the Amish community’s response: in a world often drawn to revenge, they chose forgiveness.

Over a cup of coffee or tea, women explore the graces and challenges of their lives as seen through the eyes of faith.  Marie Miller, IHM, is our facilitator. 

Thomas Merton once described Fr. Alfred Delp as a “mystic” and counted Delp’s writings among the most profound Christian meditations of our time. Delp’s Advent reflections, written during his final imprisonment while awaiting execution for resisting Hitler and Nazism, are especially moving.

Join us for a beautiful evening of Scripture and song as we celebrate the spirit of Advent and Christmas with the Festival of Lessons and Carols.