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Margaret Wegs was born in Estherville, in northwest Iowa. She studied one year at Briar Cliff College (now University) in Sioux City, Iowa. Then she joined the sisters in their Franciscan community...ver másMargaret Wegs was born in Estherville, in northwest Iowa. She studied one year at Briar Cliff College (now University) in Sioux City, Iowa. Then she joined the sisters in their Franciscan community in Dubuque, Iowa. She taught the Catholic grade schools for twenty-five years, Later she was a houseparent for mentally handicapped women in Montana.
Returning to Iowa, she worked in a nursing home. She visited the residents and accompanied them to their doctors when their families could not. A sister told her she might like to read a book about Hildegard of Bingen, Germany. She found the book and the religious are was inspiring. She drew and colored or painted many of the illustrations, to share them with friends.
While working in the nursing home she met a nurse of the Baha’I Faith; she investigated the writings of the Faith, mainly that the founder was the new Messenger for this age. She wrote a letter to explain her new Faith, to the sisters and they showed acceptance and understanding… She found a friend to live with in Saginaw, Michigan. Some years later she moved to a HUD building for retired senior citizens. She has enjoyed making art work and for a few years she tutored grade school children.ver menos