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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Catholic Sisters Week 2025

Catholic Sisters Week (CSW) is an annual celebration that takes place from March 8–14. We’re shining a spotlight on our sisters, highlighting their decades of dedication and the many ways they serve God’s people.

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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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Marsha West, IHM Associate

[…] Forks possibilities they’d never had before without leaving home. Marsha wrote the nation’s first online AP English curriculum, with a high rate of students passing the challenging exam. She spoke to a national convention of all fifty state governors in Washington, DC, on the benefits of online education for rural districts. Marsha’s online work […]

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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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Formation Process

[…] our sisters. 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

[…] 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 School Memories Previously Sponsored Schools

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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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Jubilee 2024

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

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2024 Water Festival

On Tuesday, May 14 the River Raisin Institute hosted the Lake Erie Water Festival. This daylong event, held annually for 6th grade students living in Monroe County, provides hands-on activities for students to learn about the local environment.

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