Kathleen Curtin is a familiar face at Washington TheologicalUnion, both as an event attendee and through her six year tenure on the WTU Board of Trustees. A graduate of LeMoyne College in Syracuse, Kathleen discovered Washington Theological Union after participating in the EPS program at Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University). After studying Theology at the Union for four years, Kathleen became the Director of Religious Education at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Washington DC. A well respected spiritual director, Kathleen has a local and national reputation as a vibrant retreat leader. Together with her husband of 47 years, Michael Sr., and her eldest son Michael, Jr., Kathleen will be recognized this Sunday by the Ignatian Volunteer Corps with the Della Strada Award. This award honors “lives that reflect the Ignatian values of direct service to the poor and/or working and educating for a more just society”. The Ignatian Volunteer Corps is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that provides men and women aged 50 and over with opportunities to serve the needs of the materially poor and marginalized, to work for a more just society, and to grow deeper in the Christian faith by reflecting and praying in the Ignatian tradition. Kathleen has been involved with IVC since 2000 as a Spiritual reflector, retreat leader and member of the National Spiritual Formation committee.