60th First Profession
Sister Margaret Snyder
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas
Entrance: 1961
First profession: 1964
Final profession: 1969
Education: Bachelor’s in home economics, Incarnate Word College, 1966
Master’s in human ecology, minor in family economics, Michigan State University, 1975
Service in the archdiocese: Teacher, St. Joachim School, Old Mines, 1966-67
Teacher, Incarnate Word Academy, St. Louis, 1967-75
Vocation director, Archdiocese School Office, St. Louis, 1975-78
Vocation director, Dubuis Vocation Center, St. Louis, 1979-85
Service outside the archdiocese: Teacher, Our Lady of Perpetual High School, Dallas, Texas, 1964-65
Coordinator, Archdiocese Oscar Romero Center, El Paso, Texas, 1985-89
Administrative assistant, CCVI Incarnate Word Provincialate, Grapevine, Texas, 1989-92
Campus ministry, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, 1992-98
Pastoral minister, El Puente Hispanic Ministry, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1999-2004
Co-director, El Puente Hispanic Ministry, California, Missouri, 2004-10
Mission integration, Incarnate Word High School, San Antonio, Texas, 2010-14
General council, CCVI General Leadership Team, San Antonio, Texas, 2014-18
Chairperson, CCVI U.S. Ministry Council, San Antonio, Texas, 2018-20
About Sister Margaret Snyder: I grew up in Kirksville, Missouri, and never had the opportunity of Catholic education until I entered the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. My ministry life has been in education — formally in the classroom at St. Joachim in Old Mines and Incarnate Word Academy in Normandy. I was engaged in more informal education through vocation ministry in the Archdiocese of St. Louis as well as for our Congregation and through campus ministry in El Paso, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas. Education, especially Catholic education, has always been one of my priorities. It seems almost impossible to believe that I have spent 60 years in religious life — 60 years of God’s loving faithfulness to me and my striving to respond in loving fidelity to God and God’s people. What a blessing it has been, although not always easy. I wouldn’t hesitate to say a wholehearted ‘Yes’ all over again!
