Who Are the IHM's
The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is a Pontifical Religious Institute, whose members are committed to God and to the Church by the profession of the public vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
The charism of the sisters is Love, which continues to manifest itself today in the sisters’ joyful service of God and his people; creative Hope, which puts all its confidence in God’s loving Providence; and Fidelity, which inspires fervor in their vocation in Christ and in their mission in the Church.
The charism of the sisters is Love, which continues to manifest itself today in the sisters’ joyful service of God and his people; creative Hope, which puts all its confidence in God’s loving Providence; and Fidelity, which inspires fervor in their vocation in Christ and in their mission in the Church.
The Immaculata branch of the Congregation comprises approximately 700 Sisters who currently staff Catholic schools, parishes and other pastoral and evangelization ministries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Illinois and Florida and in the South American country of Peru.