May 13th First Profession

May 18, 2023 | Video, Vocations

Sister Mary Anne came from Singapore to Still River almost three years ago and entered as a Postulant. While attending the Traditional Mass in her native country, she met a family from Chicago who were parishioners of the same church. One day she mentioned to them that she was discerning a vocation to the religious life and they directed her to the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. She soon visited and then decided to join. Having spent the two required years in the Novitiate, Sister Mary Anne made her First Profession as a Spouse of Christ on the glorious feast of Our Lady of Fatima, vowing Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience to Jesus through Mary.

We are happy to share the moving ceremony of First Profession in a short video below and a gallery of photos from this important day. Please pray for Sister Mary Anne, MICM, the new Bride of Christ.

Sister Mary Anne arrives on First Profession day.
Sister Mary Anne escorted
Sisters MICM on First Profession of Sister Mary Anne.
Sister Mary Anne with her sister and her friend.
With her flower girl attendant.
Bride of Christ walks to IHM Chapel on May 13.
Processing in on First Profession Day.
Mass begins for the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
Choir sings Veni Creator during Profession
Father blesses Sister Mary Anne
Sister Mary Anne ready to profess First vows.
Sister Mary Anne professes her First Vows as a Sister MICM.
Sister Mary Anne signs her vows on the Altar.
Father Becker gives the habit
Sister Mary Anne receives the habit of a Sister MICM.
Receiving the candle, the Light of Christ.
Sister Mary Anne leaves the Chapel
Sister Mary Anne returns in the full habit of a Sister MICM.
Sister is blessed in the full habit.
Blessing and then the Mass continues.
Sisters MICM congratulate the newly professed Sister Mary Anne.
Sister Mary Anne receives congratulations from friends
A beautiful spring day for a profession!
Profession day is a joyful day!
Cutting the cake with Sister Superior and Novice.
Joyful Friends at the profession.
Taking a ride to the Profession Day reception
Reception of Sister Mary Anne Vows in MacIsaac Hall.
Sister Mary Anne speaks during Profession Reception
Cutting the cake with Sister Superior, Sister Katherine Maria, MICM.
Sister Mary Anne friends.
Sister Mary Anne with Friends from Singapore!

Our Lady of Fatima

May 11, 2023 | Video

Sister Maria Faustina, MICM, speaks about devotion to Our Lady as our Mother, Our Lady of Fatima and the Rosary. A sweet and simple meditation for the month of May! Ave Maria!

Mass of All Time (Song)

May 9, 2023 | Video

One of our Sisters wrote the words of song to promote and defend the Latin Mass to the tune of “The Town I Love So Well.” Saint Louis Marie de Montfort, was famous for using the popular melodies of his times with the lyrics of his poems to catechize. In ths spirit of Saint Louis Marie, it is our objective to spread the Faith in the same way.

We were happy to record it here at the monastery recently to make these beautiful thoughts available to others. Please watch the video below (read the lyrics below the video) and then like, share, and spread the message of this beautiful song to everyone you know! Keep the Faith! Defend the Mass!

Mass of All Time

In my memory, I will always see
The ancient Mass I have loved so well
Unchanged through time, a mystery sublime
Bringing God to the altar to dwell.
How reverently is the Lamb of God received
How grand its beauty and its splendor
Filled with love untold, like the Cross of old
Is the true Holy Mass of all time.

Heaven comes to earth, not a sound can be heard
For the silence tells that God is near
Every solemn face, in that most sacred place
Bending low with reverence and fear.
At the sound of the bell, every heart starts to swell
To see God the Son raised o’er the altar,
And we gaze in awe at our Lord and our God
At the true Holy Mass of all time.

In the ages past, it was always the Mass
Giving martyrs the strength to endure any pain
They laid down their lives,
they would rather have died
Than deny their God and their Faith.
Though the storms did rage,
persecution went and came
They kept safe that great and precious treasure
In fields and in farms, and in all faithful hearts
Was preserved the true Mass of all time.

Now in our own day, they would try to take away
What our fathers in Faith did fight to defend
The Mass which survived,
for which Saints gave their lives
They dare try to change and to end.
But a gift so sublime, a treasure so Divine
Can never be destroyed or ended
It will always remain, eternally the same
As the true Holy Mass of all time.

From Calvary, unto eternity
Ever blessed be God on the altar
His Most Precious Blood, His infinite love
For us will remain forever.
Let us kneel and adore, let us love forevermore
This Sacred Mass of all the ages
And our hearts will defend until the very end
The Tridentine Rite for all time.

 

Lyrics by Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Saint Benedict Center, Harvard, MA.

Palm Sunday Preparations

Apr 3, 2023 | Monastery Life

Take a look into the behind-the-scenes preparation for Palm Sunday here at the monastery. Sr. Magdalene Marie also shares how to make a simple palm cross, and explains that blessed palms are a sacramental. Learn how to make one and share it with others!

Sisters Make Maple Syrup

Mar 31, 2023 | Monastery Life, Video

Every year we tap over 100 sugar maple trees here on the monastery grounds, and make our own monastery maple syrup! A few years ago the Brothers MICM built a quaint little sugar shack in our backyard where Sister Brigid Mary, MICM, makes the maple syrup magic happen! Here’s a quick video to show you how it’s done!