Tri- IHM Community Border Updates Summer 2021

The joint volunteer project of the three IHM Congregations Monroe (M), Scranton, Pa. (S) and Immaculata, Pa. (I) with Catholic Charities of the San Diego Diocese marked its midpoint this past week.  Scranton IHM Sister, Mary Elaine Anderson, who advocated for the joint volunteer project and who has been in El Centro, Calif. […]

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Online Resources

[…] Pope Francis on the Environment Council on Foreign Relations, June 18, 2015 A written Q and A with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim of Yale University’s Forum on Religion and Ecology 5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate Janet Redman, Foreign Policy In Focus, June 18, 2015 Francis recognizes that there’s no way […]

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Margaret (Benedicta) Brennan, IHM

Sister Margaret was one of four daughters and five sons of Henry and Ann (Markey) Brennan. She was baptized at the Church of the Visitation, Detroit and attended Sacred Heart Academy, Detroit, for both her elementary and high school education. She entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe in 1945 […]

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OSP IHM

The Monroe IHM community shares a common origin with three other religious communities: the Pennsylvania-based Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Scranton; Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Immaculata; and the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore. For the past several years, these four communities have made a […]

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Formation Process

[…] Rekart, IHM. She will walk with you through your inquiry as you come to understand more deeply what God is inviting you to and learn more about the IHM Sisters and living religious life today. Once you have decided to answer God’s call to religious life and, together with Sister Candyce, discerned that the […]

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Earth Charter

[…] Earth Charter hese directions challenge us to build a culture of sustainability based in right relationship, economic and social justice, inclusivity and nonviolence.” – Chapter 2005/2006 Directions The Earth Charter is the most negotiated document in human history. More than 1,000 groups on every continent were consulted as it was being drafted. It calls […]

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Formation Process

[…] Rekart, IHM. She will walk with you through your inquiry as you come to understand more deeply what God is inviting you to and learn more about the IHM Sisters and living religious life today. Once you have decided to answer God’s call to religious life and, together with Sister Candyce, discerned that the […]

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Joining the Mission

Vowed Membership Formation Process Common Questions Resources Virtual Discernment Retreat Associates Joining Process Associates in Action Associate Council Happenings Motherhouse Employment Volunteering Alumni Find Your School Memories Previously Sponsored Schools Vowed Membership Formation Process Common Questions Resources for Discerning a Call to Religious Life IHM Associates Joining Process Motherhouse Employment Volunteering Alumni Find Your […]

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Crosses that hold our prayers

As we journey through Lent together, we asked the IHM Sisters and Associates to share photos of crosses that are meaningful to them.

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Online Resources

[…] children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Trafficking of children is one of their focus areas. Newsletters Stop Trafficking! Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter This free electronic newsletter is a forum for exchange of information among women’s religious congregations about the issue of human trafficking. undefined

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Mary (Mary Immaculate) McDevitt, IHM

Sister Mary (Mary Immaculate) McDevitt, IHM, died Dec. 22, 2020, at ProMedica Monroe Hospital, after a brief illness. She was 85 years old. She was a resident of the IHM Senior Living Community on the IHM Motherhouse campus. Sister Mary was born to Canadian-born parents, John and Florene (Dumonchelle) McDevitt on April 1, 1935 in […]

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Jubilee 2024

Congratulations to our 24 Jubilarians! Together, they represent 1,535 years of vowed religious life.

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