- Birth Name: Mary Magdalene
- Current Name: Barbara
- Religious Name: Barbara
- Last Name: Schwab
- Mother's Name: Magdalena (Dauwen) Schwab
- Father's Name: Joseph Schwab
- Hometown: Andover, SD
- Entry Date: December 22, 1994
- Current Status: Deceased
- Death Date: July 24, 2005
Education:
G.E.D.
Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD
Biography:
For many years Sister Barbara devoted her time to the care of those in need at Presentation staffed schools and hospitals through her work as a food service supervisor, helper and housekeeper. In 1979, she began parish ministry service, which she sustained through 1994. Sister Barbara then moved back to Presentation convent and became a floor director. She continued her ministry of care as she served the elderly sisters of Presentation Convent and Mother Joseph Manor, as well as through her devotion to the sisters' prayer ministry.
St. Luke's Hospital, Aberdeen, SD
Mother Joseph Manor, Aberdeen, SD
St. Joseph Hospital, Mitchell, SD
Notre Dame School, Mitchell, SD
St. Ann's, Humboldt, SD
Our Lady of the Lake School, Mound, MN
Presentation Children's Home, Sioux Falls, SD