Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary (Winona, Minnesota)

Located adjacent to Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, IHM has provided college-level seminary training since 1948.

Seminarians come primary from dioceses in the Midwestern United States to live at IHM and take classes from Saint Mary's.

[2] Bishop Leo Bintz of Winona decided that the seminarians attending Saint Mary's needed their own seminary residence.

During the 1966–1967 academic year, IHM reached its peak total enrollment, with 90 seminarians The third rector, Monsignor Roy Literski, was appointed by Fitzgerald in 1968.

Beginning in 1994, IHM and the priest faculty and staff began all sacramental ministry at Saint Mary's College, which was renamed a university in 1995.

The second Papal Seminary Study was undertaken in the fall of 2005 and minor renovations of Kelly Hall were completed between 2002 and 2008 In August 2006, IHM broke ground on the Pope John Paul II Memorial Garden.

Fitzgerald broke ground on Kelly Hall on May 1, 1950, and Binz, then coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, laid the cornerstone on June 15, 1950.

Leo Hall was blessed by the Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, in 1962, with Binz in attendance at the ceremony.

After the 2005 death of Pope John Paul II, the IHM rector decided to create a memorial garden to honor him.

Set in local limestone, the outdoor grotto and altar provide an area for outdoor gatherings and mass The grotto is dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, with statues of Our Lady and Our Lady of Guadalupe, and provides space for votive candles and private prayer.

Located in the center of the garden is the empty tomb of Christ, with a life-sized solid bronze burial shroud, designed by Kircher.

The fountain is meant to remind visitors of the bible account of Moses bringing water from a rock when the Israelites were traveling through the wilderness.

The curriculum at IHM is designed to proved a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy to its students as part of their early formation for the priesthood.

As of 2024, students must take courses in the following areas of study to fulfill the philosophy requirements: The official motto of IHM is the Latin text of Psalm 133:1 in the Old Testament of the bible: Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres, fratres in unum (Behold how good and how splendid where brothers dwell as one.)

The Latin motto is often shortened to simply Ecce Quam Bonum (Behold How Good) as seen on the seminary crest.

The base of the crest is the red shield, symbolizing both the enlightening guidance of the Holy Spirit and the courage needed to respond to God's call of discernment.

At its center, the crest holds Mary's mystical rose, often portrayed with five petals, in white within a blue diamond.