Please Pray for the Peaceful
Repose of the Soul of
Sister Patrick Conlin
(4/17/1921 - 1/17/2013)
A Nurse, Administrator and a Sister of Mercy for 68 Years!
Sister Mary Patrick Conlin was born April 17, 1921, at Mercy Hospital in Williston, ND, to Edward and Elizabeth (Dolan) Conlin. She was given the baptismal name of Terese Marie.
The Sisters of Mercy were always prominent in the life of the Conlin family. In addition to being born at a Mercy hospital, Terese received early religious instructions from the Sisters of Mercy. She entered Mercy School of Nursing in Williston following graduation from Williston High School in 1939 and, six years later, she entered the convent of the Sisters of Mercy Omaha Province at Mount Loretto, Council Bluffs, IA. In 1945, she was received into the Community of Mercy and was given the name of Sister Mary Patrick. She made perpetual vow on Aug. 16, 1950.