Sister Teresa M. McKenna SSJ, (formerly Sister St. Catherine), age 93, died on May 4, 2025, at the age of 93 at Saint Joseph Villa.
The daughter of the late Francis and Catherine McKenna (nee Fox), she attended St. Helena Grade School and Little Flower High School.
In September 1952 she entered the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Chestnut Hill, and professed her final vows in 1960.
Sister Teresa ministered in the dioceses of Baltimore, Newark, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
She is preceded in death by her brothers Frank, Joe and Charles Wagner, her sisters, Peggy, Clare, Rita, Pat, Rosemary, Nancy, Kathleen and Mary Ann. She is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, their extended families, and the members of her Congregation, the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia.
Visitation by relatives and friends will begin at 9:30 am on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Saint Joseph Villa in Flourtown. A Mass will follow at 10:30 AM. Services will be livestreamed from the Saint Joseph Villa website www.stjosephvilla.org.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sister’s name to Saint Joseph Villa, 110 W. Wissahickon Ave, Flourtown, Pa 19031.
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