Sister Gloria Keltz, O.S.F., dies at 95 March 20, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Gloria Keltz (formerly Sister Robert St. Joan) was offered March 6 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Gloria died March 3. She was 95 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years. Sister Gloria was born in Philadelphia and entered religious life in 1948. She professed her first vows in 1950. Sister Gloria, who held a bachelor’s degree in English from Villanova University and a master’s degree in religious education from LaSalle University, served as a teacher at St. Katharine School in Baltimore for two years. Elsewhere, she ministered in Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. More obituaries Jesuit Father Anthony Berret, distinguished English professor, dies at 86 Pallottine Father Peter Sticco, who served at St. Jude Shrine, dies at 84 Pallottine Father Robert J. Nolan, who served at St. Jude’s Shrine, dies at 86 Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84; Catholic leaders praise civil rights leader’s work for justice Deacon Jack Ames, Project Rachel volunteer and educator, dies at 74 Oblate Sister M. Felicia Avila, who ministered at St. Ambrose, dies at 89 Copyright © 2025 Catholic Review Media Print
