Rosina was the eleventh child, born December 5, 1904 in Heudorf, Baden, Germany, on a small farm which was left to the care of Mrs. Roth when her husband died at age 53. The older children went out to work in order to support the family, while the mother remained at home to care for the farm, the household and the children.

 Of the six daughters and six sons born to Ludwig and Balbina (Mayer) Roth, five girls and one boy entered religious life. 

An aunt who lived with them made a pilgrimage to Beuron twice every year, a walk of about four hours. She loved Rosina very much and as soon as she was able to walk that long distance, took her on the pilgrimage. There in Beuron Rosina first felt God calling her to the religious life. She was so deeply impressed by hearing the monks chanting the Divine Office that for weeks after her return home the "Gloria Patri" kept ringing out from her heart, her mind and her voice. The members of her family, hearing her sing it so often, began to call her the "Gloria Patri."

When her sister Agatha (Sr. M. CDlodesindis) left home in 1923 to enter at Clyde;;, Sr. M. Bernard Willman said to Rosina, “You too will be with us some day” to which Rosina responded emphatically, “No! Never to America!”

In 1926 Rosina made her first three day retreat at Hegne where her Sister Trudberta was stationed. The inspiration received at Beuron began to flower and Rosina no longer doubted that God was calling her to the religious life, although not sure where. In 1927, while on a pilgrimage to Maria Einsiedeln, in a little convent chapel during exposition of the Blessed Sacrament she knew that God was calling her to become a sister of Perpetual Adoration. Her mother died in 1929 and her younger brother begged her to stay with him. Rosina did not have the financial means to cover the expenses of the trip to America so Mother M. Dolorosa sent her the money and Sr. M. Edelburga helped to get her visa and necessary papers through the Red Cross in New York. Rosina left Germany on July 23, 1931, and arrived in New York on August 1st and arrived at Conception on the train in time to enter the Convent at Clyde on August 5, 1931. Not understanding English was very difficult for her, but having Mass in Latin, as at home, helped her greatly to overcome her homesickness.

When she professed first vows August 26, 1933 she received the name, Sr. Mary Ebba but reclaimed her baptismal name  many years later. On August 27, 1938, she made Perpetual Vows. 

She was in charge of  the Clyde kitchen for 6 years and always remembered making toast for the whole community on Sundays and Feastdays, getting up at 3 AM and holding each piece of bread over an open fire with a long fork. She worked in the garden, the laundry, helped at the chicken house and with milking at the barn. 

In 1942 she was sent to our monastery in Tucson, Arizona where she lived for the next fifty years. She worked in the sewing room and four years in the kitchen until ill health confined her to bed a good part of the time for several years. Even then, she helped in the Church work Dept, sewing, making vestments and Knights of Columbus mantles. After her recovery she was again assigned to work in the altar bread dept., the kitchen, the garden, etc. She served as sacristan in Tucson for eleven years, a ministry which she loved and enjoyed. She thoroughly enjoyed raising flowers and making bouquets for the altar of her roses, roses, sweetpeas, mums, daisies, and gladioli.

Sister had the unexpected joy of visiting her family in Germany in 1968 after the General chapter gave permission for home visits. 

Sr. M. Rosina became a member of St. Benedict Health Care community at the St. Louis monastery in September 1992. In spite of her infirmities, she was able to be present for the Liturgy of the Hours and for the daily Eucharistic celebration, along with her hours of prayer and adoration. She loved to crochet and continued to make afghans and baby sets which were available for purchase at the reception room. A few weeks before her death she had the joy of a visit to our Clyde monastery, a special experience for her.

During her last illness, as Sister became aware of the seriousness of her condition, she asked the Sisters to pray with her that our Lord would come soon to take her to heaven. As the community began singing the 1st Vespers of Mary's Assumption, was she again, as in her youth, singing the "Gloria Patri" in her heart, even as we were singing in choir: "I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; you have heard the words of my mouth. In the presence of the angels I will bless you. I will adore before your holy temple." Abbot Luke Rigby was at supper with our community and was called to anoint Sister. Our dear Sr. M. Rosina died very peacefully at about 7:12 PM, with Sr. M. Clodesindis and a few sisters in the room.

The memory of her beautiful smile and her loving heart continues to embrace us with the peaceful assurance of her everlasting joy. This most loving woman touched our hearts and enriched our lives while she was in our midst. Hers was unconditional love, like that of Jesus.