Sister of St. Joseph of Carondolet Mary Kathleen Dowling, 71, died March 20 in Fenton, Missouri.

Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Sister Mary Kathleen entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1972 and was received into the novitiate in 1973.

Sister Mary Kathleen ministered in education, teaching in Colorado, Missouri, Michigan and Illinois.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at Nativity of Our Lord (1984), St. Fidelis (1985-1990), St. Philomena (1990-2005) and St. Helen (2005-2021). Sister Mary Kathleen retired in 2021 and moved to St. Louis in January.