Author Archives: Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M.

Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M.

About Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M.

Sister Marie Therese was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During her high school years, she studied violin under Vadim Mazo at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Upon graduation from high school, she attended Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California. She joined the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1987, and made her final profession in 1990. For some twenty years, she studied various philosophical and theological disciplines under Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M., Ph.D., the founder and father of Saint Benedict Center, Richmond. Having worked in Saint Benedict Center’s various educational and missionary apostolates for 14 years, Sister became sub-prioress in 2001, then Prioress in 2004. In addition to being Prioress, Sister Marie Thérèse is also the the principal of IHM School.

St. Peter and Church Unity

by Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. January 26, 2009

The Catholic Church alone can trace the origin of her authority across nearly 2000 years and over two hundred-sixty successive men to Simon Bar Jona, the man renamed by Christ as “Peter.” In fact, a very simple description of a Catholic is: one who belongs to that Church which has, as its visible head, the Pope.

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Consideration

by Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. October 24, 2008

“Consideration is the heart of charity.”  This can be applied to how we treat our fellow man and also how we treat the Mysteries that God has revealed to us.  Another name for consideration in this case is meditation. 

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Letter to a Young Woman Discerning a Vocation

by Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. February 1, 2005

(This letter is included in a vocations packet that the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary make available. — Editor) To a young woman discerning a vocation: Laudetur Iesus Christus!


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St. Philomena: A Challenge to Modern Minds

by Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. October 25, 2004

St. Philomena, virgin and martyr, is a challenge to modern minds. Martyred during the third century, she was completely unknown on earth until her intact tomb was discovered in 1802 during an excavation of the Roman Catacombs.


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