New! Hail Mary CD

Dec 13, 2021 | Gift Shop, News

Hail Mary: Songs of Love and Devotion by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Song listing for the Hail Mary CD
Sisters MICM record their new Hail Mary CD

Recently the Sisters recorded a collection of 15 of their favorite songs and hymns to Our Lady ~ and they are now available on a new CD entitled: “Hail Mary” ~ which is available at our Gift Shop for $14.

Sung completely acapella by the Sisters MICM, these songs reflect the love they have for the pure and simple beauty of humble maid that was chosen to be the Mother of God! As Saint Bernard once said: “Of Mary there is never enough!”

The booklet in the CD case has all the words and translations… so you can raise your minds and hearts to Heaven and pray along with these loving hymns. Ave Maria!

Track Listing Includes:

I’ll Sing a Hymn to Mary
Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary
Ave Maris Stella
Immaculate Mary
Je Vous Salue
Tota Pulchra Es
Heart of Mary
Ave Maria (11th Century)
Salve Regina Caelitum
Thou Art the Star of Morning
Ave Maria
O Gloriosa Virginum
Magnificat
O Heart of Mary
Hail, Holy Queen

Buy your Hail Mary CD

40th Year of Morning Star Camp!

Jul 30, 2021 | Camps, News

Morning Star Camp celebrates its 40th season this summer! Morning Star Camp 40th Anniversary

As we gather footage for a short anniversary video… we just cannot believe that time has flown by so fast. What started in borrowed military tents in the convent backyard in 1982, has now graduated to the log cabins at our own Montfort facility. Since we opened our own facility in 2008, we have welcomed thousands of campers from across the country in four different programs each summer. The second generation of campers are now attending… children of campers!

There is something irresistible about our simple program that makes it is so much more than just an average summer camp. It is a place where stories of Faith are shared, life-long friendships made, vocations sparked, and Catholic life vitalized. There isn’t anything in particular that “gets” campers… it’s everything. It’s all for Jesus through Mary. For 40 years Morning Star Camp has never been advertised, yet grows yearly… for one reason only: it is a program dear to the sweet heart of Our Lady. May she continue to bless her Morning Star campers, past, present and future!

Click on the photos below to see more from the 2021 sessions of Morning Star Camp!

See the Leadership Camp Gallery
See the Teen Week Gallery
See photos from the two weeks of Morning Star Camp
Support the Camp Apostolate!
More about the Camps

Final Profession & Novitiate

Jun 1, 2021 | News, Vocations

The Queenship of Mary, May 31, 2021, was celebrated with full glory here at the monastery! At the Offertory of the Sung Mass for the feast, Sister Gabriel Marie made her Final Profession of Vows as a Slave of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. After signing her vows on the altar, Sister received the veil and crown of roses of a Bride of Christ. Thanks be to God, the travel restriction of the past year were lifted allowing most of Sister’s family to travel from as far as Arizona, Indiana and Ohio to be present at the event!

The Holy Sacrifice continued after the Profession Ceremony. Following the Communion Verse, postulant Christel Lim, was accepted as a Novice, receiving the habit and white veil of a novice, as well as a new name in religion: Sister Mary Anne. Sister now begins her two-year program of study and formation before First Vows. Over 50 viewers from Singapore watched the event live streamed, and joined with their sister and friend in heart and spirit.

A lovely cake, made by the Sister, was enjoyed after the event and a formal reception was held during the lunch hour. Enjoy a gallery of the ceremony below!

IHM Chapel on the Feastday
IHM Chapel
Habits prepared for the new religious
Habits
Mass of the Queenship of Mary
Holy Mass
Final Profession Ceremony
Final Profession
Sister Gabriel Marie pronounces her Final Vows
Final Vows
Signing the Final Vows on the Altar
Signing Vows
Receiving the crown of a Bride of Christ
Crown of Roses
Light of Christ
Light of Christ
Bride of Christ
Bride of Christ
Father Blesses the newly professed
Blessing
Postulant become Novice
Sister Postulant
Receiving the Habit of a Novice
Receiving the Habit
Sister Mary Anne Novice
Sister Mary Anne
Sister Novice returns to chapel
Sister Mary Anne
Congratulations to the newly professed.
Sisters in Christ
Congratulations to Novice
Welcome Sister!
Happy professed Sister
Crowned with Roses
Sister Mary Anne, Novice
Sister Mary Anne
Sister with Parents and brother
Family
Sister with Friends
Friends
The Trimble Family
Trimble Family
Cake in Celebration
Cake
With Sister Superior
Cut the Cake
The Sisters, Slaves of Immaculate Heart of Mary
Sisters MICM

Divine Mercy Pilgrimage

Apr 13, 2021 | News

In anticipation of Divine Mercy Sunday a few Sisters made a mini pilgrimage to the Divine Mercy Shrine in Stockbridge MA during Easter break. Unfortunately the Shrine Chapel was not open due to visitor restrictions for Covid… or so we thought! No sooner had the pilgrims arrived than they met Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, Director of the Association of Marian Helpers, who graciously allowed the Sisters to visit the Shrine and gave them a full tour! It was a blessing to be able to see the Shrine in its Easter glory, to spend time in prayer and also to venerate the relic of Saint Faustina which is enshrined there.

After a picnic lunch on Eden Hill, the Sisters made the Stations of the Cross at the Shrine then headed off to visit the nearby Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy. Our friend Father James welcomed the Sisters and gave them a tour of the projects there! It was an impressive tour, and all the hard work of the missionaries is obviously blessed by Our Lady! It almost felt like our monastery!

Enjoy a few photos of the pilgrimage day below!

Sisters arrive at the Divine Mercy Shrine

Arriving at the Shrine

Divine Mercy Shrine

Divine Mercy Shrine

Father Alar gives a tour

Opening the Shrine

Praying in the Divine Mercy Shrine

Inside the Shrine

Shrine tour by Father Alar

Tour

Easter glory of the shrine

Alleluia

Our Lady of Czestochowa Window

Stained Glass

Side Altar of Saint Faustina

Venerating Relic of Saint Faustina

Divine Mercy Shrine Interior

Shrine Interior

Picnic Lunch on Eden Hill

Picnic Lunch

Stations at Divine Mercy Shrine

Stations

Stations of the Cross

Stations

Sisters MICM at Divine Mercy Shrine

Sister Pilgrims

Tour of the Missionaries of Divine Mercy

Missionaries Farm

Pond made by the Missionaries

Missionaries Pond

Sisters pet the lambs

Sisters pet Lambs

Lambs

Lambs

Work and prayer of Missionaries

Work and pray!

Mary is everywhere!

All for Mary

Sisters MICM Online!

Mar 26, 2021 | News

The Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Saint Benedict Center, are excited to have their own home online… and you have found it!

The Saint Benedict Center website has existed for a number of years and will continue to be a great place for featuring the various apostolates of our busy monastery. However, the new Sisters MICM site (as with our facebook page) will be a lovely spot to highlight many different facets of the life of the Sisters. We are excited to be able to share more of our beautiful life here!

We look forward to updating it often and keeping contact with all our friends, family and benefactors from across the country and beyond! Visit again soon!

Sisters MICM have their own website!

Thank You!

Dec 30, 2019 | News, School

A giant “Thank You” to all who supported our apostolates here at Saint Benedict Center this December!

Our campaign to raise the $200,000 to cover the steel and the rest of the foundation for our School Expansion Project began with Giving Tuesday (the annual global day of giving). We raised half of the needed funds from December 1–24!  And that is only the beginning. For the first time in all our building endeavors we have made a goal of finishing in one year. Trusting in God and prayers, we know it can happen with your help!

From everyone here, we thank you for your generous support.

Make sure you watch the video the Sisters made to help promote this campaign! Make a donation today and help support Traditional Catholic Education!

Online Gift Shop!

Mar 29, 2019 | Gift Shop, News

We are excited to present our new and improved website for True Devotionals Gift Shop!

The lovely new layout does a nice job reflecting our shop’s spirit of “True Devotion to Mary” and features our popular sterling silver rings and bracelets which were designed specifically for souls consecrated to Jesus through Mary!

Among lots of other great items, you’ll also find a new category of “Monastery Exclusive” items with many of the products we have made or designed here at our monastery.

The site should perform nicely on devices of all sizes… so we hope it is a happy shopping experience for all! Please visit, share… and shop! …and help spread the word!

Every purchase supports our traditional religious life! To Jesus through Mary!

Visit the Shop!