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Palm Sunday Preparations
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
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!...
Morning Star in East Texas!
January 2023 brought more than just the New Year to the Sisters, it brought a new venue for Morning Star Camp! Five Sisters traveled to Tyler, Texas, from January 27–February 4 for a 5-day Morning Star Day Camp! Usually our "Mini Camps" begin relatively small – but...
School Expansion Goal
The 2022–2023 Academic Year is well underway here at Immaculate Heart of Mary School. But not a day goes by without a prayer that the IHM School Expansion Project will quickly come to completion! We are desperately in need of space! With the new year, the Sisters were...
The Story Behind the Ring
A short history and explanation of our sterling silver True Devotion Ring for souls consecrated "To Jesus through Mary" given by Sister Mary Jacinta, MICM. The ring was designed by the Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Saint Benedict Center in...
Morning Star Camps 2022
A priest friend once told us that in religious life there is no vacation – only a change of occupation! How true it is! Come June, the school doors close and the doors of our Morning Star Summer Camps open! Once again, we had a full schedule of four weeks, with a...
Idaho Camp(s) 2022
Day Camp A week after school recessed for the summer, three Sisters traveled to Post Falls, Idaho, to direct two separate sessions of Morning Star Camp. They were hosted for the 4th consecutive year by the Fraternity of Saint Peter at their Saint Joan of Arc Parish....
May 13th Novice
Today we had the joy of welcoming a new novice into the community on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima! Marie Cote, a native of Rhode Island, completed her six months of Postulancy and was received as a Novice of the Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at...
St Patrick’s Talent Night
The Sisters perform at our annual Saint Patrick's Day Talent Night every year! It is always an enjoyable show of varied talent and good ol' time Irish spirit! This year, the Sisters sang the songs "The Green Fields of France," and "The Rambles of Spring." Enjoy the...
Sisters on Skates
This winter, our Sisters have enjoyed some ice skating during afternoon recreation! No sooner was school out than Sisters were grabbing their skates and heading not to a rink, but the flooded (and frozen) fields in the valley and the abutting conservation land. It...
Morning Star Over Texas
On February 19 and 21, 2022, two Sisters directed a Morning Star Mini-Camp in El Paso, Texas! Hosted by Immaculate Conception Parish, the Sisters brought the Marian spirit of the camp to about forty girls from the parish. The two-day schedule included everything from...
Monastery in Winter
We are blessed to have four beautiful seasons here at our monastery! Winter (although cold) can be visually glorious. Our grounds are lovely in all seasons, but there is a special magnificence to those days when all is adorned with a fresh New England snowfall! Our...
