Mother Louise Marie Flanigan, SsEW

A native of New York City, Mother Louise Marie Flanigan graduated from Dartmouth College in 1978. She subsequently worked teaching in Catholic schools in New York City as well as with Marva Collins for one year in Chicago; she also served for several years as executive director of the Simon Bolivar Foundation which funded literacy programs in the 80’s in Columbia and Venezuela. After meeting Mother Mary Gabriel Long and the new community of the Sister Servants of the Eternal Word, Mother Louise Marie joined the Sister Servants in Irondale, Alabama in 1989. The Sisters began building their current Convent and Retreat House in 1993 and initiated their apostolate of catechesis and retreats in 1996. The Sister Servants of the Eternal Word are currently a Public Association of the Christian Faithful. Mother Louise Marie has served on the Council of the Sister Servants and as director of Casa Maria Retreat House, and after Mother Mary Gabriel’s death in 2017, Mother Louise Marie was elected in August 2018 as Superior of the Community.