The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Immaculata, Pennsylvania, are a religious congregation committed to proclaiming the Gospel message in the spirit of Jesus the Redeemer. Strengthened by a life of vowed consecration, nurtured by prayer and the Eucharist, and sustained by community living, the Sisters radiate joyful service and promote Gospel values, offering compassion to all God’s people through our charism of love, creative hope, and fidelity and through our mission to evangelize, to catechize, and to teach.
Today more than 600 Sisters comprise the Immaculata branch of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who currently staff schools in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and in Peru. The Sisters work in the Congregation’s corporate apostolate of Catholic education as well as in catechetical, pastoral, hospital and prison ministries, parenting programs, counseling, literacy instruction, adult spirituality programs, care of the infirm, retreat work and campus ministry. In their lives and in their work, they continue to offer Praise, Love, and Thanksgiving to God as they carry out the Gospel mandate of Jesus, the Redeemer, “Go and teach all nations.”
RESOURCES FOR IHM COMMUNITY HISTORY (as of March 1, 2020)
Books written by Immaculata IHM Sisters
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1845-1967) by Mother Maria Alma Ryan, I.H.M. 1967
Thou, Lord, Art My Hope! (The Life of Mother M. Theresa, A Pioneer of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) by a Member of the Congregation. 1961
WITNESS: One Response to Vatican II by Sister Margaret Mary Baney, I.H.M. 1987
Renewed Vision: Vatican II to the Millennium, 1962- 2006 by Sister Marie Hubert Kealy, I.H.M. 2008
We Walk on Their Shoulders by Sister Maria Corona Crumback, I.H.M. 1995
An Amazing Adventure (The Story of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Written and Illustrated for Children) by Sister Patricia M. Dailey, I.H.M. Illustrated by Lauren McIntyre. 2018
Books Written by Scranton and Monroe IHM Sisters
Paths of Daring, Deeds of Hope (Letters by and about Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin) Edited by Sister Margaret Gannon, I.H.M. 1992
Pilgrim Let Your Heart Be Bold (Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin, IHM) by Sister Margaret Gannon, I.H.M. 2018
The Story of the Founding of the Congregation or the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work in the Scranton Diocese by a Member of the Scranton Community. 1921
Achievement of a Century: The Motherhouses and Missions of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary — Monroe, Michigan. (1845 – 1945) by Sister M. Rosalita, I.H.M. 1948
No Greater Service. The History of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary — Monroe, Michigan. (1845 – 1945)
Edited by Sister M. Rosalita, I.H.M. 1948
