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to sit with a dying Sister and able to share the peaceful journey to =
eternal life. Sister Johanna made her first profession in 2002 and her final profes=
sion December 9, 2006. She sp=
ends time at the monastery sewing and helping with housework. She is also assists in the sacristy and wo=
rks with Sister Roberta on various liturgy responsibilities. Sister Johanna loves the opportunity to get to know her new neighbors=
at Villa St. Benedict. She s=
ees a great hunger for spirituality and she enjoys sharing with her new fri=
ends the history of special feast days and stories of the saints. She loves the renovated monastery. |
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Sister Johanna Choi, OSB, came to Sacred H=
eart Monastery in December of 1999. =
She grew up in Korea in a family with five brothers and one sister.<=
span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> After a period of twenty-thre=
e years in a cloistered monastery in Korea, she traveled to Avila, Spain, t=
o study spirituality. It was =
during this period that Sister Johanna decided to make a change. She was encouraged by a priest to move =
to the United States. Sister =
believes that our lives are a mystery, always in the hands of God. And so, she moved to a position in a =
New Jersey parish. While Sister Johanna was is Chicago she read an art=
icle about Sacred Heart Monastery and their stained glass windows. She spok=
e to a community member, Sister Christine Kouba, OSB and learned more about=
Benedictine Life, in Lisle and their spirituality a= nd core values. This is the place where she could be involved and minister = to the elderly religious. Sister Christine invited her to come to Lisle and= help out in thei= r infirmary. Sister Johanna has had a rich life here since then, often the = last |
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Reading of the <= o:p> Profession Docum=
ent: Sister Johanna comes before the commu=
nity and promises stability, fidelity to monastic life an=
d obedience. |
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She writes out t=
his document herself, lays it on the a=
ltar and signs it. |
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Sister Johanna p=
rostrates herself before t=
he community to ask for prayers. The covering wit=
h the pall symbolizes bapti=
smal faith - the dyin=
g and rising in the waters of baptism. |
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A candle is ligh=
ted from the Paschal Candle as a sign of commitment to Christ at Baptism. |
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Sister Johanna <= o:p> receives a ring,=
the seal of her faith in Christ and the sign of her fidelity to the monast=
ic profession in the Benedictine Community of Sacred Heart Monastery. |
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Sister Johanna=
Choi’s family: Left to right: W=
oon y Chung ), Margaret Chun=
g ), Sister Johann=
a Choi, OSB, John Choie ), Anna Choie and Thomas Choie=
). |
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In the name of t=
he local church, Father Becket bl=
esses Sister Johanna. |
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