Sister Margaret was the first female theology professor at the college. Over the next 24 years, she held associate and full-professorships in theology at Regis. Her teaching ministry included authorship of articles and books on religious life, spirituality and culture.

Margaret wrote that entering the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters was not easy for her. As she unpacked her suitcase, she saw that her father and mother had each pinned a letter on her nightgown. Margaret's intuition prompted her to give these letters to a professed friend unopened. She knew it would evoke too much emotion for her on entrance day.

May 2, 2016 · When asked for what she was most grateful, the dying and beloved Brennan answered, "for being an IHM sister." Below is a video clip highlighting sites and sounds of the burial Mass.

Oct 2, 2014 · [Click on photos for larger image.] PHOTO: CHRISTIAN MOLIDOR RSM Margaret Brennan remembers back in the 1950s that her mother and father drove her down on her first day as a novice with the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters.

Apr 29, 2016 · BRENNAN SISTER MARGARET (BENEDICTA), IHM 92, died Thursday, April 28, at her home, the IHM Motherhouse. Sister Margaret was one of four daughters and five sons of Henry and Ann (Markey)...

Margaret Brennan in whose name the institute was founded, was an extraordinary woman. She was a pioneer theologian, mother of the House of Prayer movement, spiritual director, teacher, mentor, and prolific scholar. She was a Catholic sister belonging to the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe, Mich.

Just a month after marching in cap and gown to receive her diploma from Marygrove College, Margaret R. Brennan walked up the steps of the Motherhouse of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe, prepared to earn the distinctive royal blue habit of the order.

Remembering the life of Sister Margaret Brennan, IHMFeb. 13, 1924-April 28, 2016

Margaret Brennan, IHM is remembered as gift to the Church and to LCWR and RFC. "Immaculate Heart of Mary Sr. Margaret Brennan, a theologian and educator, who died Thursday, April 28, at the age of 92, is being remembered as a 'wonderful gift to the whole church.'

May 4, 2016 · Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Margaret Rita Brennan, who passed away April 28, left a legacy of gracious justice. As general superior of the IHMs and a former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Margaret worked to create transformative opportunities for women.