Perhaps because she was blessed with dear parents and wonderful teachers throughout her life, education was a given for Sister Margaret Bosch, SDS. Faith and love were at the heart of her family’s values and she remembers wonderful childhood times with her three brothers with lots of sports and a close-knit family. She attended Mother of Good Counsel Parish school and liked the Salvatorian Sisters, Fathers and Brothers she met.

After graduating from Mother of Good Counsel, she attended Mercy High School for three semesters, and then expressed her desire to enter the Sisters of the Divine Savior. “They were so happy and simple and were such wonderful teachers. The motherhouse at St. Mary’s on 35^th and Center Streets was a peaceful place, Sister Margaret explained

As time went on, she would realize the great faith and courage her parents exercised when they agreed to her entering the Salvatorian Sisters. She entered in 1943 and two of her brothers were drafted into military service the same year. It was a time of sweeping global change. She would experience the same vast changes in our Church and society during the 1960s and 1970s. But as she emphasizes, these times of great challenges also produced great blessings.

Sister Margaret’s first teaching assignments were at St. George’s near Sheboygan Falls and then at Holy Name School in Wausau, Wisconsin, with 54 second-graders. She returned to Milwaukee to attend Marquette University and complete her Bachelor’s in Latin, German and Education. She also earned an M.Ed in counseling. In 1951, she was part of the charter faculty at Divine Savior High School at the 4257 North 100th Street campus. The high school had begun in 1948 at 35th and Center Streets. Divine Savior and then Divine Savior Holy Angels would be her ministry from 1951-1965; 1970-75; and 1976-79.

“I loved my teaching years at DS and DSHA. As Sisters, we were a great part of the lives of the students. I tried to look at each student as a total person rather than just as a German or Latin student. In Sodality discussions and later the weekly Christian Life Community (CLC) meetings, the students would share how God touched their lives.. They were such an inspiration to me and bolstered my faith life,” she pointed out.

One DS alumna explained. ‘I loved Sister Margaret. She inspired me spiritually and had a wonderful ability to draw many of us out and help us grow spiritually. We all felt so comfortable with her. She had a wonderful smile and such gentleness. She has the same qualities today. There was always a smile for everyone.”

Sister Margaret said, “I was always interested in helping people grow. Education has been the theme of all of my ministries from the classroom to provincial and congregational leadership, to formation of our Sisters, and to the archdiocesan permanent diaconate program. The ministries also necessitated that I continue my own education and growth. I received the wonderful blessings of my Bachelor’s and Master’s from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and my M.A. in Liturgical Theology from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. I am so grateful for these educational experiences that helped me serve our Church more effectively,” she added.

Today Sister Margaret is the provincial librarian, helps to write the Sisters’ obituaries and is a volunteer lector and Eucharistic minister at the St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus, 3800 N. 92 Street, Milwaukee. She also prays for the Salvatorian Sisters donors and friends as part of the Apostolate of Prayer.

“Because of my four plus years as General Secretary in Rome, Italy, from 1990-94, I developed a more global outlook on all of life. I am interested in the needs of our Sisters and those they serve throughout the world. I am filled with such gratitude for the many opportunities for service, education and travel given me because of the ways and places I served. I am especially grateful for the persons I encountered, those whose lives I touched and those whose lives touched mine. I am a better person because of them.This year I will celebrate my 65th Jubilee of profession,” Deo gratias!”