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Sister M. Frances Veitz (formerly known as Sister Concepta) was born on January 10, 1941, the only child to Sam and Edith Veitz and baptized at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Philadelphia, PA. She entered the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth on September 8, 1960, from Saint Christopher Parish in Feasterville, PA. She pronounced her first vows on August 2, 1963, and her final vows on August 11, 1968, both in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Torresdale, PA.
Sister Frances received degrees in French including a BA from Holy Family College, an MA at Pennsylvania State University, and an Ed.D. at Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her dissertation topic was: “Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Internship Program in Business French at Holy Family College.”
For Sister Frances, “Teaching French is a work of heart.” Starting at Saint Katherine of Siena School in 1963, she then went to Holy Family Convent and taught at Nativity BVM High School in Pottsville, PA for seven years. By far her longest teaching time was at Holy Family College (now Holy Family University) from 1970 to 2017. She was not only active in the classroom but was Division Head of Business Administration where she began the Internship Program in Business-French and was Assistant Administrator of the CO-OP Advisory Board.
Her years at Holy Family University came to a close and Sister Frances spent her final years at Mount Nazareth. Always the life of the party, she brought much joy and happiness to the Sisters on the second floor Infirmary. Her lifeguard slogan, “Chase the sun, not the clouds” kept her reaching for the Son of God.
On the evening of August 17th at Mount Nazareth, surrounded by her Sisters in Community, Sister M. Frances Veitz returned to the Son of God, her Divine Provider. May she rest in peace. To share your messages of remembrance, please visit our Message of Remembrance page. May she rest in peace.