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Bioethicist and Nun Celebrates 80th Birthday, Years of Teaching

Sister Rosemary Flanigan
Sister Rosemary Flanigan

By Kelley Weiss

Kansas City, MO – Sister Rosemary Flanigan, a bio-ethicist with the Center for Practical Bioethics, turns 80 today. In her more than 40 years of teaching philosophy and ethics at Catholic universities in Kansas City, working with St. Joseph Hospital and being on staff at the bioethics center Flanigan says she has led a blessed life. Flanigan shared insights into her long spanning career as a nun, philosopher and teacher with KCUR's Kelley Weiss.

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