Sister Concilia Moran Award

First awarded in 1992, and named for Sister Mary Concilia Moran, RSM, this award is presented each year to an individual in Catholic health care recognized for creativity and breakthrough thinking that advances the ministry.

For a visionary leader
Such trailblazing leaders demonstrate an understanding of ministry identity rooted in the church and an approach to health care that emphasizes collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches. This award draws critical attention to the innovative ideas and achievements by which these leaders have taken Catholic health care in new directions.

The recipient of the Sister Concilia Moran Award will receive an honorarium, and CHA will pay travel and expenses for her/him to attend the assembly and accept the award.

2011 Recipient

William Murray, FACHE
Immediate Past President/CEO
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System
Lenexa, Kan.

About Sister Mary Concilia Moran, RSM

The Sister Mary Concilia Moran, RSM, Award celebrates the memory of a woman who, as a leader in religious life and in the health care ministry, was an agent of change, a shaper of dreams, and an enabler of persons.

Sr. Concilia was the first post-Vatican II superior of the Sisters of Mercy of the Union. Elected president at age 40, she brought her youth, her energy, and her joy in her vocation to both congregational leadership and health care ministry. Sr. Concilia's involvement in health care made excellent use of her abilities to develop persons, to articulate a vision, and to reach out and include others. Her presence to health care spanned years of enormous change, from individual institutions accountable to congregational superiors to complex systems with multiple boards of trustees. She served in nearly every health care role: nurse, hospital administrator, provincial superior, institute superior, hospital and system trustee, and system executive.

In the late 70s, she adopted the concept of "sponsorship" to describe the new relationship between the religious congregation and its institutional ministries. That vision required new perceptions and skills, new practices and new structures for the mission of Catholic health care to continue. Sr. Concilia pioneered the development of these tools of sponsorship through mission effectiveness policies and programs in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, England, and Korea.

As a leader, she connected organizations with people, ideas with action, reality with hope, resources with need-and she did all this with Irish humor. She was the embodiment of warmth, hospitality, gentleness, and strength.

Sr. Concilia died in 1990, at age 59.

Past Recipients

2010

Sr. Suzanne Sassus, CSJ
Senior Vice President, Governance and Sponsorship
St. Joseph Health System
Orange, Calif.

2009

Sr. June L. Ketterer, SGM
Area Coordinator
Sisters of Charity of Montreal, "Grey Nuns"
Lexington, Mass.

AND

Sr. Catherine C. DeClercq, OP
Senior Vice President, Governance and Sponsorship
Trinity Health
Novi, Mich.

2008

Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, RSM, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Mission and Values Integration
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Cincinnati

2007

Sr. Patricia A. Eck, CBS
Chairperson, Board of Directors
Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Marriottsville, Md.

2006

Patricia A. Cahill, Esq.
Retired President and CEO
Catholic Health Initiatives
Denver