October 20, 2006

Benedictine Sister Cindy Marie Freese professes perpetual vows

Benedictine Sister Cindy Marie Freese professed her perpetual monastic vows as a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove during a ceremony on June 11 at the monastery chapel.

Sister Cindy Marie entered the community in 1999 and made her first monastic profession in 2002.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Sister Cindy Marie is the daughter Clyde and Carol Freese of Loveland, Ohio.

She graduated from Indian Hill High School then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Mount St. Joseph College and a Master of Science degree in Counseling at the University of Dayton.

Presently, Sister Cindy Marie ministers at the Adult and Child Mental Health Center in Indianapolis.

Perpetual monastic profession is a promise of a life-long commitment to a religious community.

It is also a time of renewal for the community as each sister remembers the day that she promised God, the prioress and her monastic community that she would live a life of obedience, stability to the monastery and fidelity to the monastic way of life. †

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