Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, Kentucky (OSU)

70th Entrance

Sister Paul Marie Greenwell

Birth name: Rita Germaine Greenwell

Birthplace: New Haven, Kentucky

Entrance: 1953

First profession: 1955

Final profession: 1958

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1970

Service in the archdiocese: Teacher, Seven Holy Founders School, Affton, 1970-86

Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher in Kentucky for 15 years

Served in parish and internal ministry

About Sister Paul Marie Greenwell: Sister Paul Marie always enjoys interacting with others and sharing her gifts with those she meets, including her deep spirituality. Her younger sister is also an Ursuline, Sister Margaret Marie Greenwell. Sister Paul Marie is retired and active in the Powerhouse of Prayer.

80th Entrance

Sister Marie Bosco Wathen

Birth name: Margaret Cecilia Wathen

Birthplace: St. Joseph, Kentucky

Entrance: 1943

First profession: 1945

Final profession: 1948

Education: Bachelor’s in history with a minor in elementary education, Brescia College (now University), Owensboro, Kentucky, 1965

Master’s in education, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, 1969

Master’s in general education, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1980

Service in the archdiocese: Teacher, Seven Holy Founders School, Affton, 1953-59 and 1970-73

Principal, Seven Holy Founders School, Affton, 1973-74

Service outside the archdiocese: Education ministry in Kentucky and Missouri for 59 years, including as professor of education and as institutional research assistant at Brescia College (now University), Owensboro, Kentucky

Co-director of the Ursuline Associate program for seven years

About Sister Marie Bosco Wathen: In 2004, Sister Marie Bosco was presented with a 30-year Brescia University Service Award. She became a resident of Saint Joseph Villa in 2012, where she visited and helped the sisters until 2017. She is retired and active in the Powerhouse of Prayer.