Sisters Sarah Holmes & Marilyn Muro, IHM
Sisters, friends and Montessori school teachers
Sister Stories
Read about our Sisters, including how they came to the IHM sisters, their current ministries and about their day-to-day life.
Sister Joan Paskert, IHM
To Sister Joan, teaching piano is challenging and exciting, and it is her greatest joy to share with everyone.
Sister Jeanne Marie McAuliffe, IHM
Jeanne spent 46 years as a primary teacher rotating between 1st and 2nd grade - teaching “kindness, gentleness and respect.”
Sister Janet Rossiter, IHM: The Grace of Perseverance
Sister Janet not only perseveres; she’s determined and picks herself up and starts over again.
Sister M. Claudette Naylor, IHM: Don’t stop questioning
What a joy to spend retirement with one's best friends!
Sister Kathleen Lunsmann, IHM: “Reaching out with your talents”
During my college years, as I became friendly with more IHMs I realized that my first impression proved correct—they really are happy!
Sister Jane Gaughan, IHM: “It’s the right place at the right time.”
Sister Jane brings her gift of enthusiasm and happy demeanor to her ministry.
Sister Ancilla Maloney, IHM: A Day in the Life
A day in the life of a Pastoral Minister in Sicuani (Peru)
Sister Rachel Terry, IHM: “When we pay attention to the stirrings in our hearts”
When we pay attention to the stirrings in our hearts and the events of our daily lives we become more and more aware that it is in little, ordinary things that God is communicating to us.
Sister Beatrice Caulson, IHM: “in the presence of God”
The name Beatrice means “Blessed or Bringer of Joy and Happiness and a mirror upon which Divine Love is reflected and, consequently, serves as the pilgrim’s bridge to salvation.” For a person who has spent many years of her life in Spiritual Direction, one might say that Bea Caulson has just been living up to her name.