March 25 is the feast of the Annunciation, when Almighty God sent Saint Gabriel to ask Our Lady if she would be the Mother of God (and she said yes!). The Center follows an old tradition that March 25 is also the sixth day of Creation (the Creation of Adam) and the Redemption (Good Friday [...]
The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were founded in 1949 by Father Leonard Feeney and Sister Catherine Goddard Clark. We celebrate that anniversary (January 17, Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot) with a program of music and skits on the closest Sunday. Here are some pictures from this year’s program — the performers [...]
[John is the youngest of ten. In his speech he will tell you about his educational struggles -- but his perseverance paid off during his senior year. Not only was he no longer "at the bottom of the class," he made Honor Roll twice (and Honorable Mention in this year's final average) -- with a [...]
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Posted 24 June 2010
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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[Rose is the second oldest of eight children. She is a member of the National Society of High School Scholars and a recipient of a partial college scholarship from the Knights of Columbus. She missed graduating "cum laude" by only two points -- her cumulative GPA being 86.5 (3.3). Congratulations, Rose!] Good Afternoon: Brother Andre, [...]
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Posted 24 June 2010
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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IHM School is in the middle of an exciting raffle fundraiser. (This is actually our annual festival raffle moved up a month or two.) For more information about tickets and prizes, please click here.
In a recent study, American scientists of the Infant Cognition Center of Yale University recognize that children have an innate moral sense (known to us as “the law of God on our hearts”, “conscience”, or the “natural law). The Telegraph has an interesting article on the subject. This is just another reason to emphasize the [...]
Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XIV – How a Christian Mother Should Assist Her Children to Prepare for Holy Communion. The next great event in the young life of [...]
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Posted 16 May 2010
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XII. – Catechetical Instructions Which a Christian Mother Should Frequently Explain to Her Children and upon Which She Should Often Question Them. [This chapter [...]
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Posted 10 March 2010
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [concluded] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter XII. – A Christian Mother’s Care of Her Child after the Period of School-Life. The periods of childhood and school-life are soon past, and [...]
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Posted 04 March 2010
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The Sisters are taking evening classes in Philosophy, going through Brother Francis’ Philosophia Perrenis lectures on tape with the assistance of a tutor-at-a-distance (using a speaker phone). We are almost to the end of the course on Cosmology, and there is never a lecture that doesn’t touch on something we can use in the classroom. [...]
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