Our Legacy
	Throughout our history, IHM Sisters have lived the legacy of pioneering and risk-taking that characterized our beginnings.  The IHM community began in the frontier settlement of Monroe, Mich., in 1845. Two visionary and action-oriented personalities, Father Louis Gillet and Sister Theresa Maxis, took the initiative to educate young girls and establish the IHM community. Their energy and spirit, especially for the most abandoned, still pulse in IHMs today.   That pioneering, risk-taking legacy lives in our sisters' expansive global vision and desire to further the coming of justice, peace, love and sustainable living. In this time of terrorism and pervasive global violence, we seek to build a culture of right relationship among ourselves, with the Church, and with the whole Earth community.   We see the plight of the Earth, its creatures, and its nonrenewable resources and have pioneered the use of environmentally sustainable principles in the green renovation of our Motherhouse, which is now an award-winning, national model of sustainable living. In choosing to walk lightly on the Earth, we are choosing to forge a new frontier of consciousness with life-altering implications.   Profile - Fast Facts Mission & Vision Sustainability - A Morale Mandate IHM Sisters Today

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