Sister Marguerite Bartz

BARTZ-Sister Marguerite was born in Plymouth, Wisconsin, in 1945. She entered the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1966 from Beaumont, Texas, and professed final vows in 1974. She held a bachelor of arts degree from Xavier University in New Orleans and a master's degree in religious education from Loyola University, also located in New Orleans. Over the course of 40-plus years, Sister Marguerite was missioned in Dorchester, Massachusetts; Lawtell, Louisiana; Guadalupe Indian Mission in Pe�?±a Blanca, New Mexico; Saint Joseph in Laguna, New Mexico; Saint Catherine Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and-since 1999-Saint Berard's in Navajo, New Mexico. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament is a religious order founded 118 years ago by Saint Katharine Drexel. There are currently 16 Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament who are ministering in the Diocese of Gallup.