SISTER M. TERESINA BRIDGES, age 98, died at Caritas Christi, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, on March 2, 2015. A native of Johnstown, PA, Sister Teresina entered the congregation of the Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1932, from Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Johnstown, PA. Preceded in death by her parents, James and Elizabeth (O’Connor) Bridges, a sister, Mrs. Dorothy (Edward) Snyder, a brother, James, and her first cousin, Sister Jean Frances Peters, SC, she is survived by nieces. She earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in education from the University of Pittsburgh. Sister Teresina taught in schools of the Greensburg and Pittsburgh dioceses for 25 years. Then she opened St. Jane de Chantal School in Bethesda, MD and later served as principal there. She was also principal at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Abbeville, LA. She served as school supervisor in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese, 1962-1965. She subsequently ministered as a principal at schools in Greensburg and in Tucson, AZ. She was honored by the University of Arizona for her contribution to professional programs for educators. She returned to Greensburg in 1990, and managed the Greensburg Central Catholic High School bookstore. Reflecting on her life, Sister Teresina said, “My prayers go up daily in thanksgiving to God for the wonderful privilege of being called to a vocation with the Sisters of Charity.”
