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IHM Immaculata Congregation Archives

The Father Gillet Center for Congregation History contains records that tell the story of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary since the founding in1845 in Monroe, Michigan to the present time. Here are stored a cumulative history of people and events and the materials that document the Congregation’s religious and legal obligations and business transactions. They reflect not only the internal development of our Congregation but also the conduct of our affairs as a corporation. Accounts of the works, policies, decisions, procedures, and other activities that provide information about the Congregation, its members and its works can be found here.

LOCATION
The Reading Room and Record Room of the IHM Congregation Archives are located on the second floor south of the Generalate Building. The entry is accessed through the rear corridor of the chapel arcade. The South American archives collection and display are directly behind the chapel on the first floor.

Formally established in 1971 under Sister Rose Bernard Bernard, IHM, and subsequently managed by Sister Genevieve Mary Simons, The Center for Congregation History (“the Archives”) is more than a place for storage but a source of information. The many benefits to users include the following:

· IHM Administrators - for long range planning and deve1opment;
· IHM Sisters - for information about the Congregation and the ministries of the past;
· Historians - tracing connections among people, events, places and movements;
· Parishioners - exp1oring the history of their parishes and their IHM schools;
· Genealogists - seeking family connections.


WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE ARCHIVES

  • IHM General History

    Memorabilia

  • –Fr. Louis Florent Gillet, Mother Theresa Maxis, etc.

  • Correspondence of the Mothers General
  • Missions & Mission Houses
    • Annals, Correspondence
    • School. Book Sheets
  • South American Foundations
    • Correspondence
    • Artifacts
  • Special IHM Apostolates
  • Deceased IHM Sisters’ Files
  • IHM Statistics
  • Works by IHMs
    • Published - Books, Articles, Theses, Dissertations, etc.
    • Unpublished works
  • Photographs
  • Blueprints
  • Artifacts
    • Handwritten prayer books
    • Copies of the Original Rule
    • Revisions to the Constitutions
  • Awards - Individual & Congregationa1


Other Congregation Archives are located at

IHM Sisters in Monroe, Michigan
IHM Sisters in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Oblate Sisters of Providence in Baltimore, Maryland

Contact:
Sister M. St. Michel, IHM, Archivist
Sister Francis Bernard, IHM, Assistant

Villa Maria House of Studies
Immaculata, Pennsylvania 19345-0200
610-647-2160 ext. 522


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