News & Notes from The Sisters of The Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate
2023 Jubilee Celebration
This year (2023) we had an amazing group of women celebrating their Jubilees. Celebrating 75 years in God’ service was Sister Gabriel Hession. In the same ceremony, celebrating 70 years of service were: Sisters Kathleen Higgins, Josephine (Jo) Murray, Annette McHugh, Maura Scarry and Irene Arredondo…
Welcome Sister Nora
On May 13, 2023, we joyfully celebrated Sister Nora Ruiz’ First Profession of Vows, as a Sister of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate in our Motherhouse chapel...
Pentecost Sunday 2023
Since we are Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate, a major celebration in our Congregation is the Feast of Pentecost...
New Leadership Team
Every four years, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate elect a new leadership team. The latest election took place in March 2023 and the following Sisters were elected so serve until 2027…
Seeking Canonization
We, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate, would like to introduce you more deeply to our foundress, Mother Margaret Mary Healy-Murphy…
Jubilarians 2021
On Sunday, April 18, 2021, we celebrated our 2021 Holy Spirit Sister Jubilarians! Check for the newsletter in mid-June for the brief autobiographies…
Celebrating 125th Congregational Anniversary
During the 2018 Christmas holidays our Sisters from Zambia, Africa were visiting our motherhouse in San Antonio, Texas and participated in our Congregational Intercultural Day…
TPR "Fronteras" Interviews SHSp Archivist
Recently Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, our historian and archivist, was interviewed for the Texas Public Radio program “Fronteras” about our Congregation and a new book…
Celebrating Our 2018 Jubilarians
The Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate held a celebration June 1, 2018, for the jubilarians this year…
125 Years of Compassionate Ministry
March 10, 2018 was a special day this year, our 125th anniversary as a religious community, Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate…
Celebrating jubilees
This year four Sisters will celebrate Jubilees marking special anniversaries as Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate…
Celebrating our 125th anniversary
This year, 2018, the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate celebrate their 125th anniversary as a congregation of religious women…
LCWR Denounces the Administration's Decision to Rescind TPS for Salvadorans
The Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate are members of LCWR…
Visit to Sisters in Natchez
I visited Sisters Louise and Dympna in Natchez, MS, October 15…
Being the Presence of Love
This year the theme of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Assembly in Orlando was Being the Presence of Love: The Power of Transformation…
Christ in the City (CIC) Experience
Nora Ruiz, Ninette Jackson and I spent a week with “Christ in the City in Denver, CO…
Living at the Motherhouse
Many of the Sisters live at the Motherhouse. They each contribute to the atmosphere of the house…
Day Retreat for Women Discerning God’s Call in Their Life
Join with other women discerning God’s call in their lives for a day of prayer, reflection adoration, and sharing…
Honoring Sister Marguerite
On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 the Sisters of the Holy Spirit & Mary Immaculate gathered, after supper, to honor Sister Marguerite Connors for her years of ministry as Archivist for the Congregation, July 2011 – September 2017…
The Catholic Women’s Conference
Sisters Marguerite Connors and Miriam Mitchell attended the CWC on Friday and Saturday, July 28-29, at St. Mary's University…