Kathleen M. McGillycuddy to be honored with AMDG award at Jesuit GALA

WATERTOWN, Mass. - March 27, 2014 - PRLog -- The New England Province of Jesuits will present the Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Award to Kathleen M. McGillycuddy at the annual Jesuit GALA on May 1, 2014 at the Marriott Copley Place. The Latin phrase, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, for the greater glory of God, attributed to St. Ignatius, the founder of the Society of Jesus, is a guiding principle of the Jesuits. The annual award honors those who have made a difference in the world by generously helping others.  The event raises funds to support the formation and card of Jesuits and their ministries.

Kathleen M. McGillycuddy is a graduate of Newton College of the Sacred Heart (which joined with Boston College in 1975). She has served as a trustee of Boston College since 2002, and was elected chair in 2011. She retired as Executive Vice President of FleetBoston Financial and for nearly 30 years was a key executive in Boston banking circles.

“I always believed your work should speak for itself,” she said; and her work with the Jesuits speaks loudly. She is founding co-chair and current chair of the Council for Women of Boston College which supports young women to become leaders and influential participants in the university community.

Kathleen and her husband, Ron Logue, are longtime Boston College supporters who established the McGillycuddy-Logue Center for Undergraduate Global Studies in 2008. The center was built to help promote innovative international learning for undergraduates at the school.

“We are thrilled to honor Kathleen M. McGillycuddy at this year’s Jesuit GALA.  She embodies collaboration with the Society in so many ways,” says Fr. Myles Sheehan, SJ, provincial for the Society of Jesus in New England. “The New England Province is grateful to John and Cyndy Fish, Jesuit GALA chairs and the GALA committee for their service.”

At the annual Jesuit GALA, the New England Province of Jesuits has honored John and Rose Mahoney, the Nativity Schools in Boston and Worcester, Jesuit Fathers Donald Monan, John Brooks and Aloysius Kelley, Dick and Ann Marie Connolly, Joe and Mary Corcoran, Tom and Lois White, Jack and Mary Shaughnessy, John and Margaret McNeice, Peter and Caroline Lynch, Fr. William Neenan, SJ, Abp. Lawrence Burke, SJ, Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, and Bro. James McDavitt, SJ.

For ticket and sponsorship information visit: www.sjnen.org/JesuitGALA or contact Gabriele Delmonaco, Provincial Assistant for Advancement at gdelmonaco@jesuits.org