Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Wichita
Contact
Sr. Marie Therese, I.H.M.
Vocation Directress
3550 N. 167th St. West
Colwich, KS 67030
vocations@sistersihmofwichita.org
www.sistersihmofwichita.org
Dioceses
Wichita, KS
Mission
The Sisters’ primary service to the Church is the contemplation of the Word and the spreading of His message of salvation through various works of education and spiritual retreats.
In union with Mary, we pray for the Church, especially for the conversion of sinners and for the sanctification of priests.
Our spirituality is Eucharistic and Marian. Devotion to the Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of Mary leads us to her Eucharistic Son and she nurtures within us a deep and abiding love of the Church.
The heart of our life and the source of our unity is Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Qualifications
Any single Catholic woman with the proper intention and the approval of the general superior may be admitted as a postulant. She must have sound physical and mental health, fitness of character, and sufficient maturity to fulfill the duties of the consecrated life in this community. The applicant must have at least a high school degree.
Formation
The postulancy is one to 12 months. When the postulant and the community discern that she is ready, she is admitted into a two year novitiate. She is formed in the charism, principles, and the practices of the community through prayer, work and study. At the completion of the novitiate, with the approval of the general superior, she may profess first vows. At the end of three years, she may request to profess perpetual vows. During this time she completes her professional education.
Belated Vocations
Women older than 30 usually are not admitted into formation.