Karen Creely

February 2, 1937 Groundbreaking of Villa Maria by-the-Sea, Stone Harbor, NJ

Retreat House of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary February 2, 1937 Groundbreaking June 29, 1937 Dedication and Corner Stone Laying Early in 1936, Mother Kostka McCormick (Mother General from 1935 to 1940) had a serious challenge; both financial and spiritual in nature. The community had previously owned a retreat house in …

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January 14, 1892 Death of Mother Theresa Maxis, IHM

January 14, 1892 Co-Founder of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary congregation. Mother Theresa died at Villa Maria, West Chester and was buried at St. Agnes Parish Cemetery, West Chester. On August 2, 1965 her remains were transferred to the circle of our Mothers General in the IHM Cemetery at Camilla Hall …

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January 14, 1992 TRI-IHM Proclamation of the Holy Year

This marked the centenary of the deaths of Mother Theresa Maxis, I.H.M. and Rev. Louis Florent Gillet, C.SS.R., Co-Founders of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary congregation. Mother Theresa died on January 14, 1892 and Father Gillet died on November 14, 1892.

Seal of the IHM Congregation

The seal of any organization is its badge of quality –a graphic illustration that tells those who see it just what it stands for. The IHM seal is an icon of the IHM mission statement. The seal of the Congregation is symbolic of the royal heritage of its members as adopted children of God and …

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PIONEER I.H.M. SISTERS’ ARRIVAL IN SOUTH AMERICA DECEMBER 12, 1922

This year on December 12, 2020, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, we once again celebrate the Anniversary of our pioneer IHM Sisters’ arrival in Peru on December 12, 1922.  With deep gratitude and loving remembrance, we keep the memory of those first sisters, as well as all of our sisters who served and …

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The Past Is Prologue…

Update on the Article, The Past Is Prologue…          Sister St. Michel Mullany, I.H.M. was featured in this article on Former IHM Archivists.  We now share this update with our readers.  On October 13, 2020 our dear Lord called Sister St. Michel home to her eternal reward.  She died in our IHM …

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Happy I.H.M. Founders Day

Today, November 10, 2020, we celebrate our IHM Founders Day.  We jubilantly praise and thank God for this very SPECIAL Founders Day, as we rejoice in our 175th. Anniversary as a Religious Congregation.  With deep gratitude we remember our Co-Founders, Rev. Louis Florent Gillet, a Redemptorist Priest, and Mother Theresa Maxis, one of our first …

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Let Your Light Shine – Nov 6

We are IHM proud to announce that SISTER KATHLEEN , the Director of the Office for Persons with Disabilities & Deaf Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has become a member of the Loyola Press Speakers Corps, a nationally-based pool of presenters across strategic areas of catechesis.

Congratulations to SISTER SUSAN CRONIN as she receives The Educational Leadership Award for Post-Secondary Education from The Young Men and Women in Charge (YMWIC) Foundation!

Congratulations to SISTER BARBARA MONT AGUE, Principal, and the St. Cyril School community for achieving the status of a National School of Character for 2019!