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Sister Maureen, OCD, professes
solemn vows

By Jason Koshinskie
FaithLife editor

ERIE – On Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sister Maureen of the Precious Blood, OCD, made her solemn profession and veiling at Carmel of the Holy Family Monastery in Erie.

Sister Maureen is the newest member of the Carmelite Sisters, a cloistered contemplative community of sisters who reside at the monastery, located at 510 E. Gore Road in Erie. The charism, or spiritual focus, of the Carmelite Order is contemplative prayer. The order also has a strong Marian devotion.

The monastery chapel was filled with family, friends and guests.
“Lord, you have called me. Here I am,” Sister Maureen said during her religious profession.

During the bestowal of the veil, Bishop Donald Trautman blessed it with holy water before Mother Emmanuel Smith, superior of the community, placed it on the head of Sister Maureen.

Bishop Trautman presided at the Eucharistic liturgy for the solemn profession and veiling. Concelebrants included Msgr. John Snyder, chaplain of the Sisters of Mercy; Father Michael Kesicki, rector of St. Mark Seminary; Father Nicholas Rouch, vice rector of St. Mark Seminary; Father Edward Lohse, vice chancellor of the Diocese of Erie; and Father Kevin Joseph Fimian, parochial vicar at St. Agnes Parish in Arlington, Va.

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