Published January 9, 2020
Maria Elena Fisk was welcomed into St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith as a postulant Dec. 8 during vespers. A memorable moment during the service is when she is asked to place into a vessel symbols of her renunciation: her car keys, credit card and cell phone. Fisk, who was born in the Philippines, most recently lived in Dallas.
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