Sister Patricia Rielly, OP

July 8, 2019
 
Dominican Sister Patricia (Catherine Demetria) Rielly died on June 20, 2019 at St. Martin’s Residence at Mission San Jose. She was 96 years old and 75 years professed as a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose.
 
A native San Franciscan, Sister Patricia attended St. James Elementary School and Immaculate Conception Academy. For 45 years she served as a secondary instructor, specializing in the teaching of Latin and journalism. In Northern California she taught at Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco and St. Elizabeth High School, Oakland. In Southern California she taught at San Gabriel Mission High School, San Gabriel; St. Michael’s High School and Sacred Heart High School, Los Angeles; and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada Flintridge. For over 15 years she assisted in the congregation’s development office and was responsible for the community newsletter.
 
Sister Rielly’s funeral Mass was held June 25 at the Dominican Motherhouse, followed by burial at God’s Acre, the Dominican Sisters’ cemetery.