Roundtable awards
On February 11, 2012 during the Annual Roundtable Awards Reception and Banquet, Jan Benton, SFO, Director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, received the Harry A. Fagan Award. Msgr. Marv Mottet, Diocese of Davenport, received the Servant of Justice Award.Click here to see photos from the event.
Click here to view Jerry Freewalt's tribute to Jan Benton, as well as clips from Jan's acceptance speech.
2012 Harry A. Fagan Award - Download the press release
2012 Servant of Justice Award - Download the press release
Nominations
These awards are presented at the Roundtable Symposium each February. Nominations for awardees are accepted every spring from Roundtable members. To nominate someone for the 2013 Fagan or Sevant of Justice Awards, please download the forms below and email to coordinator@catholicroundtable.org by April 20, 2012.
Harry A. Fagan Award nomination form
Servant of Justice Award nomination form
The Harry A. Fagan Award
Named in honor of the Roundtable’s first secretary, the Harry A. Fagan Award is given annually by the Roundtable to a person or persons who have made an outstanding contribution at the national or international level to the Church’s social justice mission.
Past recipients of the Harry A. Fagan Award:
1987: Rev. J. Bryan Hehir
1988: Ronald T. Krietemeyer
1989: Sr. Nancy Sylvester, IHM
1990: Most Rev. Joseph Sullivan
1991: Harry A Fagan
1992: Sharon M. Daly
1993: John L. Carr
1994: Msgr. George Higgins
1995: Msgr. John Egan and Margaret Roach
1996: Dr. Mary Heidkamp and Jim Lund
1997: Most Rev. James Malone
1998: Rev. Eugene Boyle
1999: Sr. Miriam Mitchell, SHSp
2000: Msgr. Raymond East
2001: Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
2002: Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez, CSB
2003: Msgr. Philip J. Murnion
2004: John J. Sweeney
2005: Donna Hanson
2006: Jack Jezreel
2007: Rev. Greg Boyle, SJ
2008: Most Rev. John McCarthy
2009: Joan Rosenhauer
2010: Rev. Bryan Massingale
2011: Sr. Katherine Feely, SND; Fr. Jim Hug, S.J; and Dr. Jane Deren
2012: Janice Benton, SFO
Servant of Justice Award
To comemorate the Roundtable's 25th Anniversary, a new award was created to recognize a member or former member of the Roundtable who has made an outstanding contribution to the Church's social justice mission at the local or regional level.
Past recipients of the Servant of Justice Award:
2010: Joanne Welter (Tucson)
2011: Tom Allio (Cleveland)
2012: Msgr. Marvin Mottet (Davenport)
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