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 Vincent de Paul Alagia dies at 99 Sister Sigrid Simlik, former teacher in Baltimore, dies at 97 A silent life behind three popes: Farewell to Angelo Gugel, the iconic papal butler John L. Allen Jr.: A Man for All Seasons, at a Roman Table Crux editor, veteran Vatican journalist John Allen loses battle with cancer Father Zanardini, top missionary anthropologist among Indigenous groups, dies in Paraguay at 83 Copyright © 2025 Catholic Review Media Print
