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Sept 25, 2025
The Pallottine Family consists of Clergy, Religious and Laity. St. Vincent's dream was new in his time. now Pope Francis is encouraging Synodality. He wants to hear from all members of the Church. In the Pallottine Family, we call this the Union of the Catholic Apostolate. (UAC)
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Please remember in your Prayers : Sister Carmel Therese Favazzo Obituary
Sr. Carmel Therese Favazzo passed away on June 1, 2024. She is survived by her brother Thomas Favazzo and sister-in-law, as well as a number of nieces and nephews. Sister was a member of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) for 72 years.Sister was born in the Bronx, NY on November 10, 1927, entered the Pallottine Community September 8, 1951 and made her final vows on September 1, 1959. She offered her services to the Church through her teaching and administration in various parish schools of the Archdioceses of New York and New Jersey. Sister Carmel Therese was the former president of Harriman College which was located in Monroe, NY. In addition, Sister served in Rome, Italy, as a General Councilor for the Congregation.
Sister was a remarkable leader of the Pallottine Sisters especially during the post Vatican changes in the Catholic Church and in many religious communities. She was instrumental in bringing the Sisters at that time, through the process of those significant changes.
We thank God for her 96 years of life and 72 years of religious life in the Pallottine Community, as well as for her service to the Church and our Congregation.
We pray for her eternal rest and for the comfort of her family and community.
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Let us continue to explore the theme of discernment. Last time we considered prayer, understood as familiarity and confidence with God, as its indispensable element. Prayer, not like parrots. No: prayer as familiarity and confidence with God; prayer of the sons of the Father; prayer with an open heart. Today I would like, in an almost complementary way, to emphasize that good discernment also requires self-knowledge. Self-knowledge. And this is not easy, eh! Indeed, it involves our human faculties: memory, intellect, will, affections. Often, we do not know how to discern because we do not know ourselves well enough, and so we do not know what we really want. You have heard many times: “But that person, why doesn’t he sort out his life? He has never known what he wants…”. There are people who… And then, yes, his life goes like that, because not even he knows what he wants. Without arriving at that extreme, it happens to us too that we do not know clearly what we want, we do not know ourselves well.
Information about our Pallottine Family
Please check out the New UAC blog at:
https://www.vincenzopallotti.org
It has all the information of the Communities throughout the world. If you click on the update button there, you can see what the Pallottine family is doing in the service of the Church.
One information I would like to share today is that Sr. Patrice of the Missionary Sisters died this past week Laurel. She was one of the first members of the USNCC and a consultor for the Community in Rome.
Sister Patrice (Barbara) Wales SAC, a member of the Pallottine Missionary Sisters, Queen of Apostles Province, was born September 9, 1935, in Washington, DC, the daughter of the late Robert C. and Bernadette (Dyer) Wales. Sister Patrice died Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the age of 88, at St. Mary’s Convent Infirmary in Huntington, WV.
Sr. Patrice entered the Congregation of Pallottine Missionary Sisters on September 8, 1957, in Huntington, WV. How fitting that she would return to Huntington for healthcare, and the Lord would take her peacefully to her final home. Sr. Patrice made her First Vows on August 15, 1960, and her Final Vows on August 15, 1966, at St. Mary’s Convent Chapel, Huntington, WV.
Sr. Patrice’s educational studies began in 1957 at Dunbarton College where she received her B.A. Degree in Biology, in 1958 sister went on to Catholic University where she obtained a M.S. Degree in Biology. In 1994, Sr. Patrice studied at the University of Maryland, where she graduated with a Ph.D., Ed. Policy & Administration Degree. Sister’s ministries were carried out at Pallotti High School Laurel, Maryland, from 1960-1965 and again from 1966-2004, holding positions of teacher and in Pallotti High School Administration. Sr. Patrice was loved by her students, as she offered encouragement and caring to them. She was someone they could confide in and knew they would receive her guidance when needed. In 1965-1966, sister taught at St. Mary’s School of Nursing, Huntington, WV. From 2004-2016, sister was in Rome, Italy, where she served as secretary and General Councilor until her return to Laurel, MD in 2016. Sr. Patrice remained at Pallotti Convent in Laurel until health issues brought her to the Sisters Infirmary in Huntington, on September 9, 2023, where she received compassionate, loving care from the Infirmary staff until her death on October 17, 2023.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Medical Center Sisters Chapel on October 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. with Msgr. Dean G. Borgmeyer officiating. Sister Patrice’s body will then be taken back to Laurel, where she will be interred at St. Mary of the Mills Parish Cemetery.
Sr. Mary Grace Barilie, SAC
Provincial Superior
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