Rev. Patrick R. McCarthy, M.S., 64, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, of 85 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT, died January 4, 2015 at the Hebrew Home in West Hartford. He was born November 25, 1950 in Algona, Iowa, son of the late Donald and Marian (Haan) McCarthy. He attended St. Benedict and St. Cecilia elementary schools in Algona. He studied at the La Salette Minor Seminary in Jefferson City, Missouri, from 1965 to 1969, the College Seminary in Altamont, New York, and Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. He entered the La Salette Seminary in Bloomfield, CT where he made first profession of vows on August 15, 1974. He pronounced his perpetual vows on September 18, 1977 at Immaculate Conception Church in Maplewood, MO. Father McCarthy continued his studies at the Washington Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, MO. He was ordained on August 19, 1978 at St. Cecelia Church in Algona, by the late Bishop Frank H. Greteman, D.D., of Sioux City, Iowa.

Father McCarthy's first assignment was to St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Houston, TX as Associate Pastor from 1978 to 1980. After completing a program in Clinical Pastoral Education, Father McCarthy was assigned to St. Joseph Church in Vinton, LA for two years. Other assignments included Our Lady of Prompt Succor in Sulphur, LA, the Pastoral Care Department at St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, LA, St. Joseph Church in DeRidder, LA, and Mary Queen Church in Friendswood, TX. Father McCarthy was then assigned to the La Salette South Broadway residence in St. Louis, MO in 2000 and to the La Salette National Shrine in Attleboro, MA in 2005. In 2006 he was assigned to the La Salette House in Hartford and in recent years, has resided at the Hebrew Home in West Hartford.

Father McCarthy served God and God's people with great love, fortitude and presence.

In addition to his La Salette confreres, Father McCarthy is survived by four brothers and four sisters: William; Luke; David; Alvin; Sister Jeanette McCarthy, PBVM; Catherine Heinen; Eileen Hovelsen; and Denise Young and many relatives and friends. He was predeceased by six brothers: Father John, M.S.; Eugene; Philip; Jerome; Timothy and Leo; and a sister, Paula.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be concelebrated on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the La Salette Chapel at 85 New Park Avenue at 10:30 a.m. Calling hours from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. will precede the Funeral Mass. Burial services will be held at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Contributions in Father McCarthy's memory may be made to: Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Retirement Fund, 915 Maple Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114-2330. To share a memory with the Community or family, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com.