Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word of San Antonio (CCVI)
60th First Profession
Sister Mary Katherine McKenzie
Birth place: St. Louis
Entrance: 1958
First profession: 1961
Final profession: 1966
Education: Bachelor’s in mathematics and chemistry, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, 1964
Master’s in mathematics, Saint Louis University, 1972
Service in the archdiocese: Teacher, Incarnate Word Academy, St. Louis, 1967-68; 1973-80; 1981-91
Math lecturer, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1992-2002
Project manager, Habitat for Humanity, St. Louis, 2003-07
Math tutor, Innovative Concept Academy, St. Louis, 2011
Math tutor, Incarnate Word Academy, St. Louis, 2013-19
Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Dallas, Texas, 1961-62
Teacher, St. Mary’s School, Windthorst, Texas 1964-65
Teacher, St. Mary’s Academy, Amarillo, Texas 1965-67
Teacher, Archbishop Chapelle High School, Metairie, Louisiana, 1968-73
Teacher, Colegio Mexicano, Monterrey, Mexico, 1980-81
Director and construction manager, East Side Heart and Home, East St. Louis, Illinois, 2008-13
About Sister Mary Katherine McKenzie: In addition to her love for teaching, Sister Mary Kay was committed to maintaining the CCVI sisters’ cemetery in St. Louis. She kept meticulous records and made sure the area provided a beautiful and appropriate resting place. She also spent endless hours caring for a vegetable garden behind the soccer field at Incarnate Word Academy. She was a woman committed to caring for the earth long before the current level of awareness of this important value.
