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Pallottine Renewal Center Renews its Commitment for the Next 40 Years

New Director will Bring the Center Forward with New Development Plan and New Events

ST. LOUIS, MO - For over 40 years Pallottine Center has been run by Pallottine Missionary Sisters whose mission is to live a life of prayer through God while joining with other Christians and their call to faith in order to spread the word of God to all. Now, Pallottine Renewal Center is experiencing a renewal of its own, with the leadership of a new Director.

With Sr. Elizabeth Monsanto, SAC, moving out of the role of Director, the Koppen Group in St. Louis was retained to undertake a nationwide search to find the person with the know-how, passion and heart to further the development of Pallottine Renewal Center and to meet the spiritual needs of believers. The Pallottine Renewal Center is pleased to announce the addition of Beth Moritz. Ms. Moritz has a background in theology, nonprofit and strategic development. Ms. Moritz comes well-qualified to provide Pallottine hospitality and further the vision and mission of the Sisters.

“Pallottine has a long history of enabling individuals to reconnect with God and reflect on their faith. We want to bring this mission to many more people and we are excited that Beth will be able to help us accomplish this,” said Sr. Gail Borgmeyer, S.A.C., Provincial, Queen of the Apostle Province. “This is an exciting time for our retreat center because Beth has the right experience to help us move Pallottine Renewal Center forward into our next successful 40 years!”

In addition to overseeing the various Pallottine retreats and executing a new development plan for the organization, she has come with a personal goal. “I want to fulfill the mission of the retreat center by providing a sacred space for people to reflect, pray and nurture their spiritual lives.” Ms. Moritz also stated that she is anxious to help the Sisters in their mission, to awaken Christians to their apostolic calling and to deepen their love of God.

About Pallottine Renewal Center:

The Pallottine Missionary Sisters came to the St. Louis area with the mandate to reawaken faith and love and to empower the laity. In 1969 the Renewal Center was built to serve as a formation community, Provincialate and retreat house.

Pallottine Renewal Center offers retreats for all different ages. In addition to retreats there are many fun activities and events held at Pallottine. With a renewal center such as Pallottine, people are able to come together and share their faith with one another, Pallottine offers people a chance to be “apostles of love” and spread their faith. For more information or to become a Friend of Pallottine, please visit www.pallottinerenewal.org.

Recently Completed Searches

Dr. Jeffrey W. Cozzens Dr. Jeffrey Cozzens has joined the faculty at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as professor and chair of the neurosurgery division. He has a special interest in surgery for epilepsy, brain tumors and Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders as well as microsurgery of the spine.

Prior to joining SIU, Cozzens was associate professor of neurosurgery at Northwestern University (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago (1985-2009). He was also director of medical student and resident teaching for the neurosurgery division at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston.

Cozzens has completed two fellowships – one in epilepsy and stereotactic neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis (1985) and the second in trauma neurosurgery at Cook County Hospital in Chicago (1984). He completed his neurosurgery residency at NU (1984). He earned his medical degree at the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago (1978). He earned a bachelor’s degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon (1974).

Cozzens is board certified in neurological surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of several medical societies including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Epilepsy Society, North American Spine Society and American Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. His research interests include brain tumors, movement disorders and epilepsy surgery.

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Mr. Wheeler is an author, teacher, consultant and speaker. He is President of Global Learning Resource, Inc., a Fremont, California based consulting company that helps organizations attract and build world-class talent through improvements in their human resource strategies, leadership development programs and recruiting functions. Kevin has been a research affiliate at SRI International and a research affiliate at the Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, CA. He has headed talent acquisition function globally and was a SVP for Staffing and Workforce Development at the Charles Schwab Corporation. He is the founder of two corporate universities. He has an extensive national and international consulting practice with such organizations as Yahoo, Eli Lilly, Corning, Inc., Starbucks Coffee Company, Edwards Lifesciences, Federated Department Stores, and BP, as well as with organizations in China, New Zealand, Australia and El Salvador.