The Sisters’ new song, “Little Hands Divine,” is a musical meditation on the hands of Christ, which you can enjoy in the video below. From Bethlehem to Calvary, the Crib to the Cross, the hands of Jesus are outstretched to receive you. Little in the...
The youth camp apostolates for 2024 have started already! In February the Brothers brought their Montfort Boys Camp to a group in the Tyler area for the first time! One month later, the Sisters were in the same location for a Morning Star Camp for girls for the second...
When someone asked Saint John de Brebeuf, one of the Eight North American Martyrs, how he was able to cope with the cold winters of Canada, he replied, “You have to embrace the cold.” With the same spirit, let us embrace this Lent with its fasts and sacrifices. Ash...
On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, received Madeleine Robbins as a postulant. Please pray for Madeleine as she begins the six month period of serious discernment. Perseverance! Visit the Sisters' Site for...
Here at the monastery, Mancipia Press is stuffing envelopes with the January 2024 “From the Center” Newsletter and sending them out! The newsletter is now available for download also! The publication covers some of the highlights of the Christmas season...
The Christmas season is a time of gifts – and a time to be thankful for the great gifts that God has given us! We are always blessed to have the three Masses on Christmas in our IHM Chapel here at the monastery, and all the intentions submitted during the Advent...
Here at the Monastery, we love decorating for Christmas. From our monastery’s Alpine-decorated Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel to our little “Gate of Heaven” Chapel at the convent, everything is festive looking and ready to welcome the Little Infant...
The world’s response to Christ’s birth at Bethlehem echoes down throughout the ages even to our own time. Responses can be divided into three categories. All are found in the telling of the first Christmas story. Not much has changed changed over the years, only the...
Please note the recent changes in the IHM Chapel Schedule: The 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sundays has been cancelled until further notice. Confessions at 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays have been cancelled until further notice. There will still be a 7:00 a.m. Low Mass and a 9:00 a.m....
This most recent issue of “From the Housetops Magazine” features the life of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. One of the most influential men of the twelfth century, Saint Bernard still inspires us in the twenty-first. In the age of knighthood, he raised the...
