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New IHM leaders installed in Immaculata

The newly installed IHM General Administration includes (from left) Srs. Marie Anselm Cooper, Rita Marie Lenihan, William Therese Byrne, Patricia McDermott, Lorraine McGrew, John Evelyn DiTrolio and Mary Ellen Tennity.

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The new congregational leaders of the Sisters, Servants of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, elected in April, were
installed earlier this month in Immaculata, Pa. More than 500
sisters, family and friends were in attendance.

Sister Lorraine McGrew, general superior of the congregation;
Sister John Evelyn DiTrolio, sister assistant; and general
councilors: Sister M. Patricia McDermott; Sister M. William
Therese Byrne; Sister Mary Ellen Tennity; Sister Rita Marie
Lenihan, secretary general; and Sister Marie Anselm Cooper,
treasurer general, were installed during Mass at Sacred Heart
Chapel.

Norbertine Father Joseph McLaughlin was the main celebrant
and homilist. Norbertine Abbot Richard Antonucci, Father
Raymond Gormley, Father Christopher Rogers, Jesuit Father
Frank Kaminski and Norbertine Father John Joseph Novielli
concelebrated.

In addition to providing spiritual leadership and guidance
during the six-year term, the general administration oversees
the work of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary in the United States and South America, which includes
education at all levels, parish ministries and other outreach
activities.

“At this installation of our new general administration, we
recognize and renew our commitment to living the consecrated
life in community and serving God’s people in ministry,” said
Sister Lorraine McGrew. “We look toward the future with
joyful hope encouraged by the support of all those joined to
us in prayer and ministry.”

The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of the
Immaculata branch of the congregation comprises more than 800
sisters who staff Catholic schools in Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, New
Hampshire, Florida and Peru. The charism of the sisters is
love.

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