 Cohen gave a farewell concert which cleared his debts, required before he could be admitted to the Order, in the days before the Revolution of 1848.Instead of joining the fight in the streets, he was at his favorite devotion, spending the night in adoration before the exposed Blessed Sacrament.He entered the Discalced Carmelite novitiate at Le Broussey, in Rions, France, on 19 July of that year.