ORLAND/ELLSWORTH — Carmelite Sister Patricia Veale, 90, died June 13, 2017. She was born in West Medford, Mass., the daughter of John and Nora (Thompson) Veale, Nov. 21, 1926.
Sister Patricia graduated from Girls Catholic High School in Malden in 1944 and Regis College, Class of 1948. After having taught in the Medford school system, she entered the contemplative monastery of Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Concord, N.H., in 1950. In 1965, she and two other sisters received permission from their prioress and the bishop of Manchester to establish a more solitary foundation. The Bishop of Portland, Peter L. Gerety, DD., welcomed the Carmelites to Maine in 1969 and encouraged their purchase of wooded acres in Orland in order to build a small monastery. Later the monastery was relocated to Ellsworth.
Sister Patricia was predeceased by her brother, William J. Veale of New York. A funeral Mass is scheduled for Saturday, June 17, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, Bucksport.
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