Sr. Margaret Brennan, IHM, 92, died April 28 at the IHM Motherhouse.

Sr. Brennan was one of nine children of Henry and Ann (Markey) Brennan. Born on Feb. 13, 1924, in Detroit, she entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe in 1945. Sr. Brennan earned degrees from Marygrove College and St. Mary’s College at Notre Dame, Ind.

She taught at St. Mary Academy, Monroe, and St. Mary of Redford, Detroit, before later teaching theology at Marygrove College on the Monroe Campus through 1962, when she was appointed novice director for four years.

Sr. Brennan was elected general superior of the IHM congregation in 1966 and ministered as president through 1976, leading the congregation after the second Vatican Council.

Sr. Brennan served as assistant professor of pastoral theology at Regis College at the University of Toronto, the first female theology professor at the college. Over the next 24 years, she held associate and full-professorships at Regis, authoring articles and books on religious life, spirituality and culture.

Sr. Brennan served as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in 1972, and received the 2010 LCWR Outstanding Leadership Award at the assembly in Dallas. Sr. Brennan returned to Michigan in 2002, ministering as theological consultant at Visitation Spirituality Center in Monroe. She spent a year as visiting professor of theology at the College of St. Catherine, in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minn., and lectured in the U.S. and Canada, offering reflection on current issues and in pastoral visits with her sisters in community and colleagues.

Sr. Brennan is survived by her sister, Ann Grier, and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by sisters Mary Cooney and Ellen Mathews; and brothers Vincent, Francis, Richard, Henry and James.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the IHM Motherhouse on May 2. Burial will follow in St. Mary Cemetery on the Motherhouse Campus.