Morristown N.J., Resident Sister Kathleen Flanagan, S.C., Honored at College of Saint Elizabeth

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Sister Kathleen Flanagan, SC, was honored by the College of Saint Elizabeth with the Servant Leadership Award.

MORRISTOWN, NJ (05/08/2013)(readMedia)-- The College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., honored Sister Kathleen Flanagan, SC, CSE professor of theology and co-director of the CSE Holocaust Education Resource Center, with the Servant Leadership Award at a special presentation that took place during We Are God's People, the College's Annual Spirituality Convocation, sponsored by the CSE Center for Ministry and Spirituality on Saturday, April 20, 2013. More than 500 people attended the event that brought together leading theologians and educators for a day of spiritual renewal and formation.

The Servant Leadership Award was established to celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the College of Saint Elizabeth in 2009.

"Jesus taught the disciples that leadership involves a willingness to be 'servant of all,'" explains Carol Pisani, director of the CSE DePaul Center for Ministry and Spirituality and special assistant to the president for mission and values. "We find our common ground in this understanding with many different cultures and faith traditions all over the world. The embodiment of servant leadership entails the ability to change hearts, heal divisions, and build community, and the virtues of courage, foresight, empathy, and stewardship."

A Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of 51 years, Sister Kathleen Flanagan is a lifelong educator and has taught in the classrooms of Barry University, St. Vincent de Paul Seminary, and now serves as a professor of theology at the College of Saint Elizabeth. She holds a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary and also studied Church History and Spirituality at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. Through her work as co-director of the Holocaust Education Center at the College of Saint Elizabeth, she presented at the 2008 International Conference on the Holocaust in Yad Vashem, Israel.

Sister Kathleen was credited for her embrace and passion for the Second Vatican Council in ensuing years that has led her to become a much respected voice for interfaith dialogue. In her citation, she was described as a scholar both inside and outside the classroom, offering wisdom that comes from

the Gospel in her heart and that self-reflective determination to be a light of truth in the world.

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J., the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 1,700 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and two doctoral degree programs; an Ed.D.in educational leadership and a Psy.D. in counseling psychology. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.