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.
In Memoriam of Sr Patrice Wales
- 19/10/2023
“All who are called and chosen have received from the Lord talents in a measure according to their election and holy vocation.”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
