Lumen Christi Award Recipients
Lumen Christi Award Recipients
Since 1978, Catholic Extension has awarded the Lumen Christi Award to a deserving missionary working in the United States. Following is the list of past honorees:
2007 Monsignor R. Scott Friend, Diocese of Little Rock
2006 Sister Vera Butler, PBVM, Archdiocese of New Orleans
2005 Father Leroy Clementich, Anchorage, Alaska
2004 Sister Ann Connolly, ASC, East St. Louis, Illinois
2003 Mary Ann Larsen, Morgan, Minnesota
2002 Anthony & Evelyn Messuri, Caldwell, Idaho
2001 Marie Wilkinson, Aurora, Illinois
2000 Father Richard Jones, SJ, (deceased) St. Francis, South Dakota
1999 Sister Justina Violette, OSB (deceased) Crookston, Minnesota
1998 Sister Bernadette Kenny, MMM, Clinch Co, Virginia
1997 Sister Mary Felissa Zander, SSSF Stone Lake, Wisconsin
1996 Sister Maria Sarto Moreau, OP (deceased) Ganado, Arizona
1995 Sister Christina Kraus, OSF, McArthur, Ohio
1994 Father Joseph Lawless, SJ, (deceased) Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
1993 Father Thomas O'Connor, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1992 Harry Blue Thunder (deceased), Rosebud, South Dakota
1991 Agnes Ryan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1990 Brother Thomas Petitte, FMS Lawrence, Massachusetts
1989 Sister Elizabeth Gintling, LSJM Salisbury, Maryland
1988 Father Joseph Valine, OP (deceased) Milford, Utah
1987 Sister Margaret McCarthy, PBVM Yakutat, Alaska
1986 Ethel Williams, Paterson, New Jersey
1985 Brother Mathias Barrett, BGS (deceased) Albuquerque, New Mexico
1984 Sister Mary Christine Taylor, SSJ, St. Regis, New York
1983 Joseph Hubbard, East St. Louis, Illinois
1982 Bishop Sydney Metzger, (deceased) El Paso, Texas
1981 Monsignor Joseph Cassidy, (deceased) Atlanta, Georgia
1980 Sister Ida Brasseur, SSA Anchorage, Alaska
1979 Dr. Isabel Dumont, (deceased)& Joan Mulder, (deceased) Selma, AL
1978 Florence Kaster, Kingstree, South Carolina