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It is essential that the Archives staff preserve the history, charism, and traditions of the IHM Congregation, most especially to keep alive the memory of our IHM Sisters, both living and deceased.  We stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before ...

The origins of our Congregation can be traced back to a log cabin in Monroe, Michigan. There Reverend Louis Florent Gillet, a Redemptorist missionary, having searched in vain for religious to teach the spiritually and educationally abandoned immigrants...

The religious community, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Immaculata, was founded in 1845 in Monroe, Michigan by two pioneering spirits, Mother Theresa Maxis and Father Louis Florent Gillet. Today spread throughout various...

Throughout our history, and relying on God’s Divine Providence, we, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary have been called to be pioneer women of faith, hope and trust, celebrating and proclaiming the Good News of God’s unconditional lov...

Father Louis Florent Gillet Louis Florent Gillet, born in Antwerp, Belgium, January 12, 1813, came from a family heritage that valued education, allowing him to receive the finest then available. His later academics included classical studies at...

Following in the tradition of St. Alphonsus Liguori, the spirit of Jesus Christ the Redeemer and the legacy of our founders, the spirit of the IHM congregation lives within each sister. The essence of Redemptorist spirituality is rooted in the self-emptying ...

We, Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, resolve to re-ignite within our congregational heart the ze al of Father Gillet, Mother Theresa  Maxis and our early sisters as we proceed into the future. With gratitude for Divine Providence’s dy...

S. Mary Ellen Tennity IHMGeneral Superior S. M. John Evelyn DiTrolio IHMFirst Assistant S. M. Monica Therese Sicilia IHMCouncil Member S. ...