Mary, the daughter of Joseph and Rose Beavin Hinton, was born June 7, 1894, at Kirk, Ky. She received the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Confirmation at her parish church of St. Romuald in Hardinsburg. She attended public elementary school in Kirk.
Mary and her sister, Irene, attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. In their sophomore year, both of them entered the novitiate. On August 5, 1913, they received the Ursuline habit; Mary became Sister Rosina and Irene became Sister Miriam.
Sister Rosina’s first assignment was St. Peter School in Waverly, Ky., where she taught the third and fourth grades for five years. She later taught upper grades or high school. In Kentucky she taught at St. Mary, Knottsville, Earlington, Shively, New Haven, Paducah, Rome and St. Raphael. She also taught in Jeffersonville, Ind., in Blanco N.M., and in Nebraska City, Neb. At one time, Sister Rosina and Sister Miriam were missioned together at St. Raphael. During their second year at St. Raphael, Sister Miriam became very ill and died within a few months. Sister Rosina was always grateful to have had the experience of living and ministering with Sister Miriam for that short while.
Because of severe hearing loss, Sister retired from teaching in 1968 and returned to Mount Saint Joseph. Every morning she made a pilgrimage to the convent cemetery to visit Sister Miriam’s grave. In early January 1977, Sister Rosina was hospitalized with pneumonia. She was released from the hospital but never recovered. She died on January 15. On January 17, Father Anthony Ziegler, Msgr. Edward Russell and Father Anselm Ginter, OSB, concelebrated the funeral Mass. Father Anselm gave the homily. Sister’s remains are buried in the convent cemetery.