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Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, all over the world are offering prayers for the healing of the land and for an end to this pandemic. We are directly serving affected families, offering food and grocery shopping to families and vulnerable adults. We are offering water to the homeless in Chicago, IL.

In Africa, we are constructing handwashing stations in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroun, Tchad, Benin Republic, Kenya, and Uganda. All our healthcare staff is working full hours and more. All our hospitals are open. We are offering free hand sanitizers and other supplies to the public.

Donate to enhance our grassroots participation in offering hope and enhancing life in the midst of this pandemic.

DO THE FIVE

Help stop coronavirus

1. HANDS-Wash them often

2. ELBOW-Cough into it

3. FACE-Don’t touch it

4. SPACE-Keep safe distance

5. HOME-Stay if you can

For More info, visit: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Do you know any family that needs food supply, a vulnerable adult who needs grocery shopping or anyone needing help in Cook County or Stephenson County in Illinois? Contact the IHM Sisters Philanthropic Development and Mission Office for help.

send mail to ihmpdo@ihmsistersng.org.

Most. Rev. David Malloy, the Catholic Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford, paid an official visit to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, at their Regional House, 1209A S. Walnut Avenue, Freeport, IL on October 4, 2019. The Bishop celebrated mass, had an interactive session with the sisters and blessed the sisters and their special guests.

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Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 2015 and Reception of the First Associates of Canada

Venue: St. Pius X Parish, Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

Celebrant: Father Andrew Czarny

First Reading Isaiah: 61:9-11

Gospel Reading: Luke 2:41-51

Prayer: Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Blessing

Presentation of the IHMMC Associate Medals by Sister Mary Angeleen and Sister Mary De Porres

Luncheon and Fellowship: Parish Hall

On June 6, 2015 our Associates of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ (IHMMC) celebrated the Feast by making our Consecration, our fiat, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The following are some highlights from Father Andrew’s homily with an introduction of the reason for the consecration by Sister Mary Angeleen.

Sister Mary Angeleen reminded us that in the words of St. Louis de Montfort, our consecration to

Mary is “the surest, the easiest, the shortest and most perfect means of going to Jesus Christ.”

To Jesus through Mary!

Mary does not keep anything and anybody that comes to her to herself. The ultimate destination and only purpose of Mary is to lead all back to Jesus.

What does this mean for us?

Our consecration changes our entire life views, our relationship to our family, parish and work place. We do everything and live our life in, with and for Mary and ultimately in, with and for Jesus.

How do we imitate Mary?

In his homily, Father Andrew spoke about the heart of Mary being a heart of love; a heart that is immaculate because it is pure – free from selfishness and sin. Mary’s life was Blessed and Full of Grace but that does not mean that she had no trials to face or sufferings to endure.

“… in spite of her sorrows, Mary’s heart never became bitter, cynical or hard. The love which filled it was never displaced by hatred or indifference.”

How did she respond to these trials and sufferings?

She contemplated them all in her heart (Luke 2:19, 51). Trials and Sufferings do not always have answers. Sometimes they are mysteries that can only be contemplated in one’s heart. For in the depths of one’s heart, one finds, “the Father of mercies and the God of all consolations … Who comforts us in all our afflictions” (2 Cor. 1: 3-7). The God Who can only be contemplated, not solved or figured out.

The trials and sufferings that Mary endured in her life are not too different from the ones we face. Mary’s Immaculate Heart gives us courage and strength to contemplate them all in the depths of our own hearts as she did, and to not lose hope; to have the Faith to face whatever cross may come.

By striving to love Christ above all else, our hearts can be purified to be like Mary’s, so that we might truly say to our Lord, “I love you with all my heart!”

In addition to our lay associates, this celebration was attended by men and women of the various parishes in the Brant Deanery in the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

 

Our Lady Queen of Peace Cenacle prayer group had been praying unceasingly.   “Come Holy Spirit Come, by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well-beloved spouse.”
“The wind blows where it wills.” (John 3:8) and quietly, without fanfare, the two “blue nuns”, as I like to call them, arrived in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on May 11, 2011 settling in at St. Pius X Parish. A little like Mary Poppins, out of the big blue sky (from the heavens?). From Nigeria to be exact, with a Doctor’s Bag in hand! Our parish community had no idea what was about to unfold. Slowly but surely things began to change, not only around St. Pius Parish, but in the wider community as well.

A time of grace, a blessing bestowed upon us, an answer to our prayers.

On January 16, 2014 we had our first meeting for the Associates of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ at St. Pius X Church. But many also attended from surrounding parishes drawn like a magnet to these charismatic nuns, Sister Mary Angeleen and Sister Mary De Porres, who very quickly had made their presence known. They were everywhere! Wherever they were needed. Did they ever sleep?? Truly living out the Gospel; putting the Gospel into Action. I think it was their own example of Christian love, compassion, and humility that drew us in.

We were asked what brought us to this first meeting. Could it be a response to the prompting of the Holy Spirit?  “Come and See!”

The fruits began to grow.

Vicki C.

 

Our Lady Queen of Peace Cenacle Prayer Group recently held a Consecration Day and Prayer Cycle Session.

Click here to read the full report!

Consecration Report

 

Sr. M. Nesta Ekenedilinna Ezeanya celebrates the Silver Jubilee of her first Religious Profession.