Saint Katharine of Siena Roman Catholic Church Grounds in Wayne, Pennsylvania

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Get directions 104 South Aberdeen Avenue
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 United States

Coordinates: 40.04342, -75.38147
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The Saint Katharine of Siena Roman Catholic Church was built in Wayne in 1893. In 1915, twenty two years after the formation of the parish, its new pastor, the Reverend Charles F. Kavanaugh, saw a need for a parochial school to be established here. An application for five Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to open a school was accepted.

During his twenty year tenure , the original grade and high schools were built, a convent for the Sisters was purchased, and the Grotto was constructed. Upon his untimely death in 1934, he was interred in the Churchyard—the sole person to be granted that honor.

When the church was later expanded, Monsignor Kavanaugh was disinterred and removed to Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, Montgomery County.

Today, there are no burials in the churchyard, but it is marked here for historical purposes.

When the church was later expanded, Monsignor Kavanaugh was disinterred and removed to Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, Montgomery County.

Today, there are no burials in the churchyard, but it is marked here for historical purposes.