CYO recognition highlights work of both adults and young people

The Catholic Youth Organization recently honored six individuals from Indianapolis parishes with its highest honor. The 2007 St. John Bosco Medal recipients for distinguished service to youth are:

Father Robert Gilday—pastor of St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Parish

Bob Hasty—Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Parish

P. J. Kervan—Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

Carol Pitzer—St. Mark the Evangelist Parish

Brian Treece—St. Pius X Parish

Bob Tully—St. Jude Parish

The Catholic Youth Organization also honored 18 young people with the 2007 Spirit of Youth Award for outstanding volunteer service. Here are the recipients by parish (all parishes are in Indianapolis unless noted otherwise):

Good Shepherd—Rebecca Sahm

St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower)—Kathleen Miller

St. Barnabas—Allyson Hoch

St. Luke the Evangelist—Elisabeth Patterson

St. Mark the Evangelist—Devan Daeger and Marissa Walker

St. Monica—Morgan Beatty and Kelly Ort

St. Pius X—Noelle Dubach, Claire Schaffner and Chris Zabriskie

St. Roch—Christopher Kreuzman, Aaron Kyle, David Nguyen and T.J. Van Cleave

St. Simon the Apostle—Vinnie Frustaglio

St. Susanna (in Plainfield)—Nick Rosner

St. Thomas More (in Mooresville)—Claire Gall

The Catholic Youth Organization also honored 25 adults with the 2007 Msgr. Albert Busald Award for their outstanding volunteer service to youth. Here are the recipients by parish (all parishes are in Indianapolis unless noted otherwise):

Christ the King—Charlie Feeney

Immaculate Heart of Mary—Patty Koors

St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower)—Sandy Clegg

Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ—Thomas Barnhill and Paul Jennings

Our Lady of Lourdes—Mimi Davis

Our Lady of Mount Carmel (in Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese)—Gerald Ostrum

St. Barnabas—Greg Cunningham

St. Christopher—Kurt Smith

St. Gabriel the Archangel—Stephanie Marr

St. Jude—Mark Liegibel and Stan Schutz

St. Louis de Montfort (in Fishers, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese)—Chris Taylor

St. Luke the Evangelist—John O’Donnell and Mary Jo Reed

St. Malachy (in Brownsburg)—Mark Meunier

St. Matthew the Apostle—Tom Ferguson and Mark Gumbel

St. Michael the Archangel—Steve Rettig

St. Pius X—Pat Sullivan and Paul Weaver

St. Roch—Gene Dillon

St. Susanna (in Plainfield)—James Kozinski

St. Thomas Aquinas—Nick Wehlage

St. Thomas More (in Mooresville)—Marianne Hawkins †