75th entrance
Sister Marie Bosco Wathen
Birth name: Margaret Cecilia
Birthplace: Finley, Ky.
Entrance: 1943
First profession: 1945
Final profession: 1948
Education: Bachelor’s in history, with a minor in elementary education, from Brescia College (now University), Owensboro, Ky., 1965.
Master’s in education, Spalding University, Louisville, Ky., 1969
Master’s in education, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., 1980.
Service in the archdiocese: Teacher, Seven Holy Founders School, Affton, 1953-59; 1970-73
Principal, Seven Holy Founders School, Affton, 1973-74
Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher in Kentucky, 1945-53; 1959-70
Professor of education, Brescia College, Owensboro, Ky., 1974-97
Institutional research assistant, Brescia College/University, 1997-2005
Co-director, Ursuline Associate program, Maple Mount, Ky., 1996-2002
About Sister Marie Bosco Wathen: She retired in 2005 and became a resident of St. Joseph Villa in 2012, where she visited and helped the elderly sisters until 2017. She now helps when she’s able.