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Glenmary finalists for award
Glenmary finalist for award
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awareness / Glenmary nominated for service in Tennessee
Catholic Extension announced the finalists for its 2019-2020 Lumen Christi Award Sept. 10, and the list included the Glenmary priests and brothers based in the Diocese of Knoxville, Tenn.
The annual award, now in its 42 nd year, celebrates remarkable individuals or groups who unleash the power of faith for communities who cannot do it alone.
Glenmary was one of 11 finalists for the award from a pool that included nearly 50 nominees. The Lumen Christi Award is the highest honor Catholic Extension bestows on a missionary working in the United States.
“Glenmary has helped the Catholic communities to come together as living stones to help to build their churches of brick and mortar with their time, sweat and zeal for the Church,” read a description on the award nomination website. “They have been called the hidden heroes of the mission diocese.”
Glenmary members in the Diocese of Knoxville include Father Steve Pawelk, Father Tom Charters, Brother Craig Digmann, Brother Tom Sheehy and Brother Joe Steen.
The 2019-2020 award ultimately went to Mack McCarter of the Diocese of Shreveport, La. McCarter is a Catholic convert and founder of Community Renewal International, which aims to improve relationships in troubled neighborhoods.
