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Event Details
Come enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks as the School of Ministry graduate and Catholic Biblical School alumni join in fellowship. Then stick around for the 13th annual Landregran Lecture, where two SOM graduates will be honored with the annual Lumen Gentium and Dei Verbum alumni awards for their exemplary service to the local church. Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., Ph.D., will be speaking on the topic, “Why the Vatican Studies Meteorites.” For more information on the lecture, vist the Landregan Lecture website, found here.
About the Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Dei Verbum Award and the Lumen Gentium Award, which are presented annually, acknowledge two graduates of the School of Ministry whose established records of outstanding accomplishment reflect the fruit of "theological education for transformative service." In particular, these awards honor graduates who have given exemplary service to the local church in general, the work of faith formation in particular, and the larger community, especially the poor and needy. The Dei Verbum Award annually honors a graduate of the Catholic Biblical School, while the Lumen Gentium Award is presented each year to an alumnus of the School of Ministry graduate program. Both 2011 winners will be presented their awards at the beginning of the Landregan Lecture, following the SOM Alumni Reunion on December 3, 2011. They are:
2011 Lumen Gentium Award
Sr. Yolanda Cruz, SSMN
The 2011 Lumen Gentium Award honoring a distinguished alumnus of the graduate programs at the University of Dallas School of Ministry is presented to Sr. Yolanda Cruz, SSMN.
Sr. Cruz graduated from the School of Ministry with a master’s in pastoral ministry in 2005. She currently serves as vice-chancellor of the Diocese of Fort Worth, and prior to that, she served as Director of Children's Catechesis for the diocese. She has worked in catechetical ministry in several parishes in the Fort Worth, Mexico, and her native New Jersey. A Sister of Saint Mary of Namur, she serves on the provincial council and has worked in a variety of leadership positions within the order. She has done extensive work to promote vocations to religious life, not only for her own community, but more broadly in the local church, assisting with "Come and See" weekends and other discernment programs across diocesan borders.
2011 Dei Verbum Award
William E. O’Connor
The 2011 Dei Verbum Award honoring a distinguished alumnus of the Catholic Biblical School at the University of Dallas School of Ministry is presented to William E. O’Connor.
Mr. O’Connor graduated from the School of Ministry Catholic Biblical School in 2007. An active member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Azle, TX, Bill currently serves as a lector, Eucharistic minister, RCIA catechist and sponsor, director of the altar servers, and member of the Pastoral council and Liturgy committee. Four years ago, Bill began a weekly bible study at the parish, drawing nearly 25 attendees each week from his parish of only 300 families. A rancher by trade, Bill is also very active in the Azle community. He serves on the board of directors for Green Light in Azle, which provides housing and other services to battered women, and he sponsors the Azle Future Farmers of America, FFA, and Beef Show Team, providing cattle, facilities, training, and transportation to Azle youth who would not otherwise have the opportunity to show cattle.
Read the press release about the winners here.
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