Carmelite sister makes solemn profession at Morristown monastery #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SrShahar_1482-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /><p><strong>Carmelite Sister Mariyam Shahar of the Savior</strong> made her final profession of vows at the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Morristown, N.J. on Nov. 3 before Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.</p>
<p>Before the prioress and her community, Sister Shahar promised to live a life of obedience, chastity, and poverty in the spirit of Carmel. Her family from her native Guam, including her parents, as well as friends and the faithful, attended the profession.</p>
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<p>Father Gabriel Camacho, Father Daren Santa Tomas, Father Preston Perez, Father Stephen Toth, and Father Drazen Hosi, priests of the Newark Archdiocese in New Jersey, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney.</p>
<p>The Discalced Carmelites are 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.</p>
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Carmelite Sister Mariyam Shahar of the Savior made her final profession of vows at the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Morristown, N.J. on Nov. 3 before Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Before the prioress and her community, Sister Shahar promised to live a life of obedience, chastity, and poverty in the spirit of Carmel. Her family from her native Guam, including her parents, as well as friends and the faithful, attended the profession.
Father Gabriel Camacho, Father Daren Santa Tomas, Father Preston Perez, Father Stephen Toth, and Father Drazen Hosi, priests of the Newark Archdiocese in New Jersey, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney.
The Discalced Carmelites are 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.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
Carmelite sister makes solemn profession at Morristown monastery #Catholic –
Carmelite Sister Mariyam Shahar of the Savior made her final profession of vows at the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Morristown, N.J. on Nov. 3 before Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Before the prioress and her community, Sister Shahar promised to live a life of obedience, chastity, and poverty in the spirit of Carmel. Her family from her native Guam, including her parents, as well as friends and the faithful, attended the profession.
Father Gabriel Camacho, Father Daren Santa Tomas, Father Preston Perez, Father Stephen Toth, and Father Drazen Hosi, priests of the Newark Archdiocese in New Jersey, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney.
The Discalced Carmelites are 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.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
![Carmelite sister makes solemn profession at Morristown monastery #Catholic - Carmelite Sister Mariyam Shahar of the Savior made her final profession of vows at the Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Morristown, N.J. on Nov. 3 before Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
Before the prioress and her community, Sister Shahar promised to live a life of obedience, chastity, and poverty in the spirit of Carmel. Her family from her native Guam, including her parents, as well as friends and the faithful, attended the profession.
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Father Gabriel Camacho, Father Daren Santa Tomas, Father Preston Perez, Father Stephen Toth, and Father Drazen Hosi, priests of the Newark Archdiocese in New Jersey, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney.
The Discalced Carmelites are 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.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
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