Sister Patrice Konwinski

  • Funeral Services for Sister Patrice Konwinski, OP

    Funeral Services for Sister Patrice Konwinski, OP

    December 31, 2020

    Sister Patrice Konwinski, OP entered eternal life on December 30, 2020 at the age of 83 after 62 years of religious life. We commend Sister Patrice to your prayers. Evening Prayer with Remembering Service: Sunday, January 3 at 7:00 pm Dominican Chapel at Marywood Funeral Mass: Monday, January 4 at 10:00 am Dominican Chapel at […]

  • A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Patrice Konwinski, OP

    A Jubilarian Shares Her Story: Sr. Patrice Konwinski, OP

    August 31, 2018

    “Where is the sister chancellor?” called out Pope John Paul II raising his hand to pause a photographic moment in the papal greeting line in Rome. It was 1990, and Sister Patrice Konwinski was visiting Vatican City with then-Grand Rapids Bishop Joseph Breitenbeck. Grand Rapids Press reporter Ed Golder wrote of the visit describing the […]