Kernan, Sister Teresa Clare

An oral history of Sister Teresa Clare Kernan, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill from 1923 until 1989. The interview was conducted by Sister Paul Gabriel Wilhere on August 24, 1982.

Sister Teresa Clare Kernan - born Margaret Anne Kernan on October 5, 1903 - entered the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in February of 1923. Sister Teresa Clare received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Pittsburgh in 1930. She continued her studies there and went on to receive a master's degree in English education in 1937 and a doctorate in the same subject in 1949. Sister Teresa Clare served as a supervisor of schools and was based at St. Anselm Elementary School in Swissvale in this capacity from 1945-1952. She then taught English at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Pittsburgh from 1952-1957, returning as Sister Servant and Principal from 1963-1968. Sister Teresa Clare also served as a Councilor and Director of Education from 1957-1963, later serving as Seton Hill College's archivist from 1968-1981. Sister Teresa Clare Kernan died on March 29, 1989.