Featured in the Times LeaderSister Mary Persico, along with area college and university presidents, was featured in the December 29, 2019 issue of The Times Leader.
MU President Addresses CUEA GraduatesSister Mary Persico was invited to give the graduation address to more than 2100 students at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Candidate to be Received into IHM NovitiateElizabeth Ann “Liz” McGill will be received into the IHM Novitiate on Sunday, September 8, 2019.
IHM Sisters and Friends Staff Tent at Annual St. Joseph's FestivalHot Dogs, Sausage and Peppers, Haluski—All for St. Joe’s
IHM is Panelist at National ConvocationSister Ruth Harkins was invited to speak at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.’s (CLINIC) 21st Annual Convening held at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh on May 29 - 31, 2019.
IHM Leads MU Service Trip to GuatemalaFrom May 19 - 31, Sister Donna Korba, IHM, IHM Associate Alejandra Marroquin, and Marywood University counselor, Larissa Schwass, traveled to Guatemala with nine Marywood University students on the annual Guatemala Alternative Break Service Trip.
Leaders in a Diaspora MomentFrom May 29 -June 2, Sisters Helene Cooke, Annmarie Sanders, Katie Sitja y Balbastro and Grace Surdovel attended the Leadership Collaborative Biennial entitled Leaders in a Diaspora Moment held at St. Xavier College in Chicago, Illinois.
IHM Visits Romania for International FieldSister Angela Kim and five Marywood University Master of Social Work (MSW) students traveled to the Ovidius University in Constanta, Romania.
Sister Katie Serving at Hour ChildrenSister Katie Sitja y Balbastro serves as Intake Coordinator and House Manager at Hour Children, an organization providing supportive services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children.
IHM Sister Leads Border Immersion TripDuring Spring Break 2019, March 9-16, ten undergraduate students, three law students, and one law school professor journeyed to El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, with Sister Ruth Harkins.
ESL ProgramStudying English is hard work!
IHM Sister Becomes a US CitizenSister Denise Montagne, IHM becomes a US Citizen on February 4, 2019.
IHM Sister Receives MLK Distinguished HonorThe Greater Scranton Martin Luther King Commission honored Sister Donna Korba, IHM at the annual MLK dinner held on February 24, 2019, at The University of Scranton.
Sister Kathryn Kurdziel, IHM, Receives Marywood Alumni Association AwardOn June 2, 2018, during Marywood’s Alumni Weekend, Sister Kathryn Kurdziel, IHM, received the Sister M. Denis Donegan Award.
Sister Janet Yurkanin, IHM, Earns MSW from CUAThe Catholic University of America has conferred upon Sister Janet Yurkanin, IHM the degree of Master of Social Work the twelfth day of May, two thousand eighteen.
Sister Kathleen Burns - Inducted into Cor Mariae—Pro Fide et Cultura
Sister Kathleen Burns, IHM, was inducted into the Order: Cor Mariae—Pro Fide et Cultura at the April 8, 2018 ceremony at Marywood University.
IHMs Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer
Our Sisters Claudette Naylor and Bernadette Thomas, IHM were among the Sisters featured in an article entitled "Catholic schools have fewer nuns, but those who remain inspire" which ran in the April 15, 2018 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Sr Elizabeth DeMerchant's First Profession of VowsInvitation for you to join me in the celebration of the Eucharist on the occasion of my First Profession of Vows, Saturday, July 28 at 11 a.m. in the IHM Center Chapel.
Sister Eleace King, Honored for Years of Service at McGlynn Learning CenterOn April 12, 2018, at a Recognition Reception honoring the Sisters of Mercy Mid-Atlantic Community and the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority on the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the McGlynn Learning Center. Sister Eleace King, IHM, was honored for her years of service as the Executive Director of the Center.
Trivia Night with Sisters Attracts Young People
A team of eight women religious representing four communities took on a pub full of young adults for bragging rights, beer and "prayerful pretzels" at a March 13, 2018 trivia night in Arlington, Virginia.
Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to RomaniaThe J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board advised Sister Angela Kim, IHM, that she has been selected for a Fulbright award to Romania. She will work collaboratively with international partners at Bucharest University in Bucharest, and Ovidius University in Constanta, Romania, from May 5 to June 8, 2018.
IHM Sister Featured Artist on TV SeriesSister Cecilia Yeon Tji, was invited by a Korean television production company, Korean Catholic Broadcasting, to present her book In Awe of the Gift of Life in Abundance: Spirituality and the Artist.
