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Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett kneels before the Superior

Nearly eight years since she joined the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary 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 Thomas 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 charism 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 Blog and Andrea McCann (’13)]

Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett processes in behind the cruciferSr. Maria beside two other nuns
Fellow TAC alumni at the Solemn Profession of Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett (’14), O.P.
Fellow TAC alumni at the Solemn Profession of Sr. Maria Johanna Barrett (’14), O.P.