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Nearly eight years since she joined the in Summit, New Jersey, Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett (�14), O.P., made her Solemn Profession on August 6, the Feast of the Transfiguration.

Sr. Maria Johanna�s journey to the Dominicans began when she stumbled upon the book One Mind and Heart in God: Dominican Monastic Life as a senior at 91����� Aquinas College. �It was kind of amazing,� she later recalled. �It was exactly what I wanted.� In her eight years of discernment, she has fallen steadily more in love with the monastic life and her monastery�s of �hidden apostolic fruitfulness.� She is overjoyed at last to pledge her life totally to Christ.

Present at the Mass were Sr. Maria Johanna�s parents and all nine of her siblings, including alumni Philip (�07) and Marguerite (�22), as well as several alumni friends. �It was a lovely ceremony,� reports Andrea McCann (�13). �One could see the joy on Sister�s face!�

Deo gratias!

[Photos courtesy of the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary and Andrea McCann (�13)]