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I ask of God to bless me with a faithful heart, with love to embrace the needs of this world, with wisdom and knowledge to help me bring the Gospel with all my being. I ask to follow Jesus with the IHM Spirit and Charism offering myself entirely to God and God’s Kingdom consecrating myself as a Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I ask of our Sisters to help me become a faithful daughter of Mary; to model for me the virtues of our blessed mother with a joyful, loving service to the people of God. To help me rely on divine providence and to respond to the changing needs of the times with the same spirit and zeal as our first sisters did and to walk with God and one another in a joyful, loving, hospitable and self-emptying spirit.

I ask of our Church to teach me and guide me in this journey of consecration, to serve God’s people with a pure heart, with selfless intention, offering myself to the spiritual needs, and to help me become a disciple sent to be a clear and understandable prophetic witness to the presence of God to the world.
- Sr. Denise Montagne, IHM

We, your Sisters, know you come here today with great-hearted hopes, with holy desires to serve good people wherever you may find them, and with a longing to know ever more deeply the God who led you to this place at this moment. -Sr. Mary Persico, IHM

Sister Denise Montagne, IHM, professed first vows as a Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at a Eucharistic liturgy held at the IHM Center in Scranton on July 25, 2008.

A native of Lima, Perú, Sister Denise entered the Scranton IHM Congregation in 2006. Prior to entrance, Sister Denise served as a teacher in the Diocese of Philadelphia, PA. and most recently at Colegio Santa Maria Marianistas in Lima, Perú. Sister holds BA in Education from Immaculata College and MA in Education from C.U.Villanueva, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain.

During her time of religious formation, Sr. Denise studied theology, community life, social justice, church history, prayer and personal integration in the US Religious Formation Conference’s intercommunity novitiate program in Ossining NY. In addition, she experienced the IHM mission, core values and way of life. As part of her ministry preparation, Sr. Denise served as a volunteer minister at St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton and Catholic Social Services in Carbondale, as well as in pastoral ministry at Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Scranton, Preciosisima Sangre, Cieneguila, Perú and Holy Trinity Parish in Williamston, NC.
In September, Sister Denise will assume full time ministry as a teacher of Spanish at Holy Cross High School in Dunmore, PA.