Katie Buckmaster Makes Profession
Five young women made their perpetual profession of the simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tenn. on July 25.
Among those making final profession was Katie Buckmaster, a former parishioner at Holy Trinity Parish in Evansville. She will now be known as Sister Veronica Marie.
She is the daughter of James and Marcia Buckmaster, parishioners at Annunciation Parish in Evansville.
She is a graduate of the Kolbe Home-School program, and she attended Aquinas College and Benedictine College, where she received a degree in secondary education with certification in English.
She currently teaches seventh grade language arts and eighth grade religion at St. Gertrude School in Cincinnati.
The Mass for the Rite of Perpetual Religious Profession was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville. Bishop David R. Choby of the Diocese of Nashville was the principal celebrant.
The Congregation of Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia was established in Nashville in 1860. The Sisters of St. Cecilia are dedicated to the apostolate of Catholic education. The community of nearly 300 sisters serves in 35 schools throughout the United States, with mission houses also in Sydney, Australia; Vancouver, British Columbia; Bracciano, Italy; Elgin, Scotland; and Sittard, The Netherlands.
