Sister Patricia Connolly died at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Indiana on May 2, 2025. Sister was born on April 14, 1943, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was one of ten children of Emmett Gregory and Ruth Mae (Flanagan) Connolly. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Sioux Falls, she entered the Daughters of Charity in St. Louis, Missouri in 1962.
Sister Patricia received a BA in History from Marillac College and an MA in Spiritual Theology from St. Louis University, both in St. Louis, Missouri, an MS in Counseling Psychology from Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio, Texas and a Certificate of School Administration from the University of San Francisco in California. Sister served as an Elementary Teacher at St. Catherine Labouré School in St. Louis and at St. Joseph School in New Orleans, Louisiana and as a Teacher and Liturgical Coordinator at Seton Academy in New Orleans and Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. She then served as Principal at Alamo/Amarillo Catholic Schools in Amarillo, Texas, Counselor at Daughters of Charity Services in San Antonio, Texas, Provincial Councillor at Marillac Provincialate in St. Louis, Program Coordinator of Vincentian Integration Experience (VIE) in Chicago, Illinois, NGO Representative at United Nations in New York, Counselor for Ascension DePaul Services and Daughters of Charity Services in San Antonio, Texas and Dream Path Program and Justice Director at Ubuntu Center for Peace in East St. Louis, Illinois before coming to Seton Residence to serve in the Ministry of Prayer.
A Wake Service was held on Tuesday, May 6 and the Mass of Christian Burial took place on Wednesday, May 7, both in the Seton Chapel. Burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery. Sister was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Tom and she is survived by her sisters Sandy Ris and Jane Mary Jude, her brothers Mark, Tony, John, David, Greg and Joe Connolly, other loving family members, many friends and her Sisters in Community.