The Immaculate Heart of Mary School (IHMS) is a kindergarten-to-grade-eight Ukrainian Catholic school in the north end of Winnipeg,

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Sisters, Servants of Mary Immaculate (not to be confused with the

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.H.M.) is a Catholic religious institute of sisters, founded by Fr Louis Florent Gillet, CSsR, and a co-founder of the Oblate Sister of Providence, Mother Theresa Maxis Duchemin, in 1845. ...

, an entirely different and unrelated religious order). IHMS is also a part of the

Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg The Archeparchy of Winnipeg is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Manitoba, a province of Canada. Currently, its archeparch is Lawrence Huculak. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of ...

and the Catholic Schools' Commission of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Boniface The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Bonifacii) is a Latin archdiocese in part of the civil Province of Manitoba in Canada. Despite having no suffragan dioceses, the archdiocese is nominally metropolitan a ...

. The school offers a Christian-based education, a strong extracurricular athletic program, and a musical performing arts program, all of which is tied to Ukrainian culture.

History

Immaculate Heart of Mary School is the only independent Ukrainian Catholic school in Manitoba. It began its existence in 1905 as St. Nicholas School due to its affiliation with the Catholic Church of the same name. By 1906 it had moved into the basement of St. Nicholas Church. Then, in 1911, Archbishop Langevin, Archbishop of St. Boniface, supplied the funds for a new building to be built at 650 Flora Avenue in Winnipeg. Through the years that followed, St. Nicholas School served the Ukrainian people in the Winnipeg area until a new building was constructed in 1962–63. On April 28, 1963, the present school was officially opened and the name was changed from "St. Nicholas" to Immaculate Heart of Mary School Inc. with the hope of making it less parochial and more citywide. In January 2008, a new seven acre parcel of land was purchased on Ferrier Street in north Winnipeg for a new school to be constructed to serve the Ukrainian and other communities well into the future.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary School
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada Elementary schools in Winnipeg Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Manitoba Educational institutions established in 1905 1905 establishments in Manitoba North End, Winnipeg Eastern Catholic organizations {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-stub