A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister of Philadelphia Michael Kathleen Deane was offered Oct. 19 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sijster Michael died Oct. 13. She was 96 and had been a professed member of her religious community for 75 years.
Born Mary Kathleen Deane in Washington, D.C., Sister Michael Kathleen entered the congregation in 1948 and professed her first vows in 1951. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg and a master’s degree in education in management and supervision from what is now Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore
Sister Michael served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for 58 years. She taught elementary grades in Baltimore City at Ss. Phillip and James School, St. Katharine School, and Shrine of the Little Flower School. in Baltimore. She then taught at Immaculate Conception School in Towson and St. Clement Mary Hofbauer School in Rosedale. Following a few years teaching in Bethesda, Sister Michael returned to St. Clement as principal of the school for 23 years. After her time at St. Clement, she spent more than a decade volunteering at The Catholic High School of Baltimore.
In 2014, Sister Michael became a resident of Assisi House, the congregation’s retirement residence in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, where she served in prayer and hospitality ministry until her death.
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