IHM Sisters celebrate 175 years
By Calley Duffey
MONROE – Utilizing technology unimaginable in 1845, more than 600 sisters and associates from the three distinct branches of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary gathered virtually over two days and across the world to recognize their shared roots and celebrate the IHM s 175th anniversary.
The celebration, which was delayed a year by COVID-19, included IHMs from Monroe, Scranton, Pa. and Immaculata, Pa. and the Oblate Sisters of Providence (OSPs) of Baltimore.
The days involved both pre-recorded video, live presentations and small breakout groups, all handled with the help of Nix Conference & Meeting Management. With more than three decades of experience in the meeting planning industry, Nix handled the planning, communications and on-site detail of coordinating participants from across United States and Mexico, Puerto Rico Africa and Peru.
Vatican City, Jun 9, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA).
Practicing love toward one another is essential, Pope Francis said in a video message to a gathering of the John 17 Movement, an ecumenical group, on Wednesday.
“Love has no need for profound theological knowledge, which is however necessary. Love is an encounter of life, first with the Lord Jesus, with the person of Jesus, and from there on, from that encounter of love, friendship, brotherhood and the certainty of being children of the same Father are born,” the pope said June 9 to the “relational reconciliation” gathering being held at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., fewer than 20 miles northeast of New York City.