September 23, 2016

Young Adult Servant of the Year Award to be presented on Sept. 25

Two individuals and a deanery staff were honored during a special archdiocesan Mass on Sept. 7 at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis.

During the Mass for priests, youth ministers, young adult ministers, Catholic school leaders and parish administrators of religious education, the 2016 Youth Ministry Servant Leader of the Year Award was presented to Maria “Cuquis” Romero of St. Patrick Parish in Indianapolis.

The 2016 Saint Theodora Excellence in Education Award was given to Doug Bauman, a teacher at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis.

The 2016 Excellence in Catechesis Award was presented to the Terre Haute Deanery, which includes the parishes of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brazil, Sacred Heart in Clinton, St. Paul the Apostle in Greencastle, St. Joseph in Rockville, and St. Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods—and the Terre Haute parishes of Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Benedict, St. Joseph University, St. Margaret Mary and St. Patrick.

The 2016 John Paul II Young Adult Servant of the Year Award will be presented on Sept. 25 at a Mass and celebration with Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, an event known as the “Bishop’s Bash.” †

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