Sister Agnes Lokate celebrates 80 years as Carmelite Nun and 100 Years of Life

Sister Agnes Lokate will celebrate her "oak" jubilee of life in Carmel on May 16. Sister was born on July 11, 1924 in Heeten (Overijssel), the Netherlands. She entered the Carmelite monastery of St. Jozef in Zenderen in 1944. She made her first profession on February 22, 1946, and solemn profession three years later in 1949.

The first celebration will take place with a sung Eucharist celebration with choir and conductor in the Angeli Custodes nursing home in Raalte, where Sr. Agnes lives. On her centennial birthday, Sr. Agnes will be celebrated in her hometown of Heeten. At 2 p.m. there will be a sung Eucharist, followed by a reception until 5 p.m. for invited guests.

Sr. Agnes now resides with other Carmelite sisters in a care facility in Raalte.

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