Sister Anne Therese Yuen pronounces vows of chastity, poverty and obedience in the presence of Mother Miriam Seiferman, Sister Maria Sena and Sister Renee Marek. Brother Leo Maneri, FBE assists with the microphone.

MERIDEN, CT (11-24-2022) – Sister Anne Therese Yuen professed first vows in a ceremony during Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Mother Miriam Seiferman, FSE, Mother General, received Sister’s vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, affirming her readiness to enter the joys and challenges of vowed life in community. Mother Barbara Johnson, FSE, Vicar General, bestowed the medal of nails in the form of a cross upon Sister Anne Therese and clothed her with the traditional cincture with three knots representing the vows. Sister Maria Sena, FSE, and Sister Renee Marek, FSE were the witnesses.

The Reverend Lawrence Symolon of the Archdiocese of Hartford, celebrant of the Mass, blessed the newly professed Sister in the name of the Church and signed the official documents as the Church representative.

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