Sister Michael Ellen Carling, OP entered eternal life on October 21, 2025 at the age of 92 after 72 years of religious life. We commend Sister Michael Ellen to your prayers.
Remembering Service
Saturday, October 25 at 9:00 am
Chapel of the Word/Marywood
Funeral Mass
Saturday, October 25 at 10:30 am
Chapel of the Word/Marywood
Although Methodist in background, their mother felt responsible to fulfill her promise to raise the children Catholic. She enrolled them at St. Mary’s where young Mary Margaret was attracted to both the idea of teaching and the example of the Dominican Sisters. She decided she wanted to become one of them.
The family moved to White Cloud, where the girls attended high school. Mary’s mother opposed her entrance to the convent immediately after high school, so she spent a year at Aquinas College where her admiration for the Dominican Sisters continued to grow. She entered the congregation the following year and at the time of reception took the name Michael Ellen in honor of both parents.
