Original name Anne Catherine Kelly, known as Annie Kate. She was the child of John Kelly and Ellen Flaherty of Castlebar, Ireland. She was one of a large group of people travelling from County Mayo to America on the Titanic. Annie Kate was on her way to Chicago to join her cousins Anna and Mary Garvey. She credited a steward whom she had become friendly with with saving her life. This steward came to her cabin and alerted her to the fact that something very serious had just happened, and none of the people in the cabin could go back to sleep after hearing the news until they'd prayed the rosary. The steward returned to their cabin and urged them to leave for the deck if they wanted to save their lives. At the time Annie Kate and her friends were making their way toward the deck, steerage passengers were not being allowed up, but the steward saw her, grabbed her by the hand, and ran up the stairs with her unopposed by anyone in their path. He called out to a boat just being lowered to take one more, telling them they had room, and Annie Kate, clad in only her nightgown and a pair of shoes, was shoved into the lifeboat. After being released from the hospital in New York, she and her friend Annie McGowan travelled on to Chicago, where they were met by Dr. Mary O'Brien Porter of the Catholic Women's League, a group that amply provided for them. In 1922, Annie Kate, haunted by horrific memories, found solace in joining a convent. She became a Dominican sister and took the name Sister Patrick Joseph, known as Sister Pat. For much of her time in the sisterhood, she served as a teacher at Saint Philip Neri Grammar School and Saint Rita's and Saint Mary of Mount Carmel in Chicago. She died at the age of 78 from hardening of the arteries.
Original name Anne Catherine Kelly, known as Annie Kate. She was the child of John Kelly and Ellen Flaherty of Castlebar, Ireland. She was one of a large group of people travelling from County Mayo to America on the Titanic. Annie Kate was on her way to Chicago to join her cousins Anna and Mary Garvey. She credited a steward whom she had become friendly with with saving her life. This steward came to her cabin and alerted her to the fact that something very serious had just happened, and none of the people in the cabin could go back to sleep after hearing the news until they'd prayed the rosary. The steward returned to their cabin and urged them to leave for the deck if they wanted to save their lives. At the time Annie Kate and her friends were making their way toward the deck, steerage passengers were not being allowed up, but the steward saw her, grabbed her by the hand, and ran up the stairs with her unopposed by anyone in their path. He called out to a boat just being lowered to take one more, telling them they had room, and Annie Kate, clad in only her nightgown and a pair of shoes, was shoved into the lifeboat. After being released from the hospital in New York, she and her friend Annie McGowan travelled on to Chicago, where they were met by Dr. Mary O'Brien Porter of the Catholic Women's League, a group that amply provided for them. In 1922, Annie Kate, haunted by horrific memories, found solace in joining a convent. She became a Dominican sister and took the name Sister Patrick Joseph, known as Sister Pat. For much of her time in the sisterhood, she served as a teacher at Saint Philip Neri Grammar School and Saint Rita's and Saint Mary of Mount Carmel in Chicago. She died at the age of 78 from hardening of the arteries.
