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Abbreviation | ICM |
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Established | 1897 |
Founder | Mother Marie Louise De Meester, ICM |
Founded at | Mulagumudu, India |
Type | Centralized Religious Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Women) |
Purpose | Educational, social and foreign mission work |
Headquarters | Generalate Rome, Italy |
Region served | Europe, Asia, Americas and Africa |
Members | 790 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Formerly called | Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine (1897-1963) |
The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.C.M.) are a Roman Catholic religious institute of pontifical right of women, dedicated to the service of those in need in the Third World.