With great joy, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart announce the reception of Sr. Edith Marie, IHM into the novitiate.  Sr. Edith Marie, IHM was received into the novitiate on May 28, 2022.  As a new novice, she officially begins her life as a religious Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  At the reception, she was given a white veil, a medal of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a dolors rosary, the Constitutions of the Institute and her new name. 

 Sr. Edith Marie, IHM took as her secondary patroness (Mary being her primary patroness), St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) who was killed in Auschwitz concentration camp on August 9, 1942.  Sr. Edith Marie, IHM will continue to discern and receive formation for the next two years in the novitiate. 

Please pray for her as she continues to seek God's will.  Fiat!