President of Liberia and St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School Grand Viking Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will visit St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School in Columbus, Ga., on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, will address St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School students in grades 5-12 at Noon. The focus of her speech will be Women in Power. Two of Sirleaf’s grandchildren attend St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School and will be in the audience during their grandmother’s talk.

“We are very excited for President Sirleaf to visit our campus,” said St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School President and High School Principal Ms. Ronie Collins. “Her contributions to women’s rights efforts and the peace-making process have been recognized on a worldwide level, and we are thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to learn about her leadership.”