Prayerful Congratulations
to Sister Anna Josephine
The Dominican Sisters of  St. Cecilia

We offer our prayerful congratulations  OLM Parishioner, Laura Makin,  the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Makin, who was received to the habit on August 8th, the Feast of St. Dominic,  at the St Cecilia Motherhouse, Nashville, TN.  Laura has completed her Postulant Year and now enters her Canonical Novice Year.  On August 8th she was given her new religious name, Sister Anna Josephine. 

Sister Anna Josephine Makin

Sister Anna Josephine Makin

The Reception of the Habit took place at the Motherhouse in Nashville in the presence of the entire community numbering approximately 300. Mother Anna Grace, OP, the Prioress General, conferred the habit and gave Sister Laura her new religious name.  The Postulants submitted 3 name choices that take significance from their chosen Feast Day. Sister Anna Josephine's feast day is the Feast of the Presentation, February 2nd.

Please keep Sister Anna Josephine in your prayers. If you wish to send her best wishes, please send them to Sister Anna Josephine Makin, St. Cecilia Motherhouse, 801 Dominican Drive, Nashville, TN 37228