- Birth Name: Mary Marlene
- Current Name: Sister Patrick Leonard
- Religious Name: Mary Marlene
- Last Name: Murphy
- Mother's Name: Myrtle (Harkin) Murphy
- Father's Name: Leonard Murphy
- Hometown: Henry, SD
- Entry Date: January 1, 1955
Education:
Watertown High School, Watertown, SD
1957 - Presentation Junior College, Aberdeen, SD - Associate Teaching Degree
1967 - Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD - Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education
1973 - Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD - Master of Arts Degree in Administration
Biography:
For 32 years, Sister Patrick Leonard served in the Presentation education ministry as a teacher and principal in South Dakota and Minnesota. Sister spent three years in parish ministry in Slayton, MN, before returning to education for six years as a teacher in Canby, MN. Sister served in Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, MT from 1992 until 2002 as Mission Coordinator and Director of Chaplains. In 2002, she transferred to Avera Holy Family Hospital in Estherville, IA, as Mission Coordinator and Director of Chaplains until she retired in 2016. She presently ministers as volunteer chaplain at Dougherty Hospice House and Avera Prince of Peace in Sioux Falls, SD.
1957-1958 - St. Stephen, Anoka, MN - First Grade
1958-1959 - St. Therese, Huron, SD - Fourth and Fifth Grade
1959-1962 - St. Lawrence, Milbank, SD - Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Grade
1962-1964 - St. Mary, Willmar, SD - Sixth and Seventh Grade
1964-1965- St. Mary, Sioux Falls, SD - Sixth Grade
1965-1967 - St. Stephen, Anoka, MN - Seventh Grade
1967-1972 - Sacred Heart, Aberdeen, SD - Seventh and Eighth Grade/Principal
1973-1974 - St. Lawrence, Milbank, SD - Fifth Grade/Principal
1974-1975 - Our Lady of the Lake, Mound, MN - Parish and School
1975-1976 - St. Mary, Sioux Falls, SD - Fourth Grade
1976-1980 - Our Lady of the Lake, Mound, MN Second Grade
1980-1984 - Immaculate Conception, Watertown, SD - Principal
1984-1987 - St. Ann, Slayton, MN - Pastoral Minister
1987-1993 - St. Peter, Canby, MN - Teacher
1992-2002 - Holy Rosary Hospital, Miles City, MT - Mission Coordinator and Chaplain
2002-2016 - Avera Holy Family Hospital, Estherville, IA - Director of Mission Services and Chaplain
2016-present - Avera Dougherty Hospice House and Prince of Peace, Sioux Falls, SD - Volunteer Chaplain