Sister Rita Woehlcke, S.S.J., dies at 77

A funeral Mass for Sister Rita Woehlcke of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, was offered Sept. 30 at St. Joseph Villa in Philadelphia. Sister Rita, formerly Sister George Ellen, died Sept. 23. She was 77.

Sister Rita entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1964 and professed her final vows in 1972.

She served as a teacher at The John Carroll School in Bel Air 1974-79. Elsewhere, she ministered in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

More obituaries

Father Marquette: A priest-explorer who mapped the Mississippi

A miracle at sea and the faith of a young immigrant father

New documentary brings ‘farm boy’ martyr Blessed Stanley Rother to wider Church

Our Lady of Gietrzwald mosaic unveiled in Vatican Gardens ahead of 2027 Jubilee

Women who say they experienced harm from abortion pill push Blanche to settle suit on FDA policy

El-Obeid: Brave witness of the Sudanese Church in a city under siege

Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media

 Print