Mary Faith Kravat

Sister Mary Faith Kravat, 89, of the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, died of natural causes on Wednesday morning, July 16, 2025, at St. Joseph Villa, Reading, PA, where she had resided since 2022.

Born in Gladwin, MI, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Catherine (Fath) Kravat.

Sister Faith entered the Bernardine Sisters on August 11, 1954, and was in her 71st year of religious life. She served her ministry in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Washington D.C. as an elementary teacher, in food service, central supply, as a hospital housekeeping supervisor, physical therapy aide, receptionist, hospice worker, library assistant, and nurse aide.

Sister is survived by her sister, Betty Rice of Harbor Springs, MI.

Viewing on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Villa, Reading, PA. Mass on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Villa Chapel, Reading, PA followed by burial in the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters' Cemetery, Mount Alvernia, Reading, PA.

The Kopicki-Bradley Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., Reading, PA is in charge of arrangements.