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CURTIS MARTIN TO RECEIVE 2007 AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP ON NOVEMBER 9

 

EXTON, PA, October 12, 2007 – Curtis Martin is among the recipients for a 2007 Award for Outstanding Catholic Leadership which will be presented at a reception and dinner to be held Friday, November 9 in Drexel Hill, Pa.
    Martin, a husband and father of eight is being honored for his work as the founder of FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students), a national organization devoted to sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with college students and empowering them to fulfill God’s call for their lives.

“CLI developed the Awards for Outstanding Catholic Leadership in 2000 to recognize people in the Catholic Church whose exemplary leadership in the family, the workplace, the community and the Church has been inspired by their Catholic faith,” said Timothy C. Flanagan, founder and chairman of the Catholic Leadership Institute. “Curtis Martin embodies the spirit of this award. His devotion to his family and his ministry has inspired and led others to serve as role models for future Church and lay leaders.”

Catholic Leadership Institute will also recognize Dr. Theresa Burke, Rev. William Byron, SJ and The Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (The Pink Sisters) for their outstanding leadership. Catholic Leadership Institute is an organization of lay Catholics whose mission is to build

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Catholic leaders for today and tomorrow. Catholic Leadership Institute combines the very best in leadership and personal development programs from academia and the corporate world with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church.

            More information about the Catholic Leadership Institute as well as the 2007 Awards for Outstanding Catholic Leadership is available by calling 610.363.1315 or by visiting the Institute’s website, www.CatholicLeaders.org.

 

Former Outstanding Catholic Leadership Award Winners

2006 – Raymond Arroyo, Peggie O’Neil, Sr. Mary Scullion, R.S.M., Rev. Robert Spitzer, SJ

2005 – Pat DeAngelis, Sr. Mary Rose McGready, D.C., Jim Murray, Fr. Frank Pavone

2004 – Pat Ciarrocchi, Matthew Pinto, Sr. Constance Marie Touey IHM, Cardinal Justin Rigali

2003 – Helen Alvaré, Sr. Maria Kateri de Francisco, S.V., Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, John Quindlen

2002 – “Our Priests”

2001 – Archbishop John P. Foley, Molly Kelly

2000 – Edward I. Cardinal Cassidy

 

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