Carmelite Sister Shoshanna Yafah made her final profession of vows at the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Morristown on Jan. 6 before Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney. Family, friends, and the faithful attended the profession.
Born Alison Rita Aglubat in Guam, Sister Yafah entered the monastery in 2014. She made her first profession in 2017.
Father Brendan Murray, a retired priest of the Paterson Diocese, and Father Gabriel Camacho, Father Ashton Wong, and Father Daren Santa Tomas, priests of the Newark Archdiocese who were Sister Yafah’s childhood friends in Guam, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. Father Jared Brogan, director of the diocesan Worship Office, was the master of ceremonies.
The Discalced Carmelites is a cloistered order with a daily schedule of eight hours of prayer, manual labor, some recreation, and contemplation. The sisters adhere to strict silence so their prayers may be more continuous.
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