Black History Month Lecture: “Be True to Myself”

Rev. Warren Savage, a lecturer in the religious studies department at Elms College, will give a talk titled “Be True to Myself” at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, on the first floor of the Alumnae Library. The lecture, part of the Black History Month events series at Elms College, will be followed by a reception at 1 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Father Savage, a priest in the Springfield Diocese, is a professor in the permanent diaconate formation and lay ministry program at Elms. He is also the president of Project Reach Out in Westfield, a community-based diversity training and race relations program. Father Savage was a participant in the northeast seminar of the Pastor Theologian Program sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in New Jersey. He is chaplain at Westfield State University, and a member of Spiritual Directors International, Academy of Homiletics and the Society of Christian Spirituality. He holds a certificate of African studies from the University of Legon in Ghana, West Africa; a bachelor of arts degree from Assumption College in Worcester; and an M.A., S.T.B., degree from Gregorian University in Rome. He also has conducted advanced study at The Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, N.J.