"Every year, Catholic Extension's Lumen Christi Award honors an individual or group working in one of America's mission dioceses who demonstrates how the power of faith can transform lives and communities."
This year's nominee's include Glenmary Missioners working in Knoxville, Tennessee. Help support their ministry by voting for them via Facebook or on Catholic Extenstion Society's Website.
The missioners being nominated are:
FR. STEVEN PAWELK, FR. TOM CHARTERS, BR. CRAIG DIGMANN, BR. JOE STEEN, BR. TOM SHEEHY
Serving in the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee
And the nomination states:
"Thanks to the efforts of five members of Glenmary Home Missioners, the light of Christ is shining bright in three rural Appalachian counties in East Tennessee. Over the past three years, two priests and three brothers have established the Church’s presence in counties where Catholic populations are less than one percent and where previously no Catholic presence existed. Vibrant Catholic communities—growing in both membership and outreach—are now located in each county. In addition to sharing the sacraments with few local Catholics and inviting the unchurched to the Church, the missioners are building ecumenical relationships in areas where Catholicism has not always been accepted and are providing outreach to those most in need, including a very large migrant population. They are the “hidden heroes” of the Knoxville diocese."
This year's nominee's include Glenmary Missioners working in Knoxville, Tennessee. Help support their ministry by voting for them via Facebook or on Catholic Extenstion Society's Website.
The missioners being nominated are:
FR. STEVEN PAWELK, FR. TOM CHARTERS, BR. CRAIG DIGMANN, BR. JOE STEEN, BR. TOM SHEEHYServing in the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee
And the nomination states:
"Thanks to the efforts of five members of Glenmary Home Missioners, the light of Christ is shining bright in three rural Appalachian counties in East Tennessee. Over the past three years, two priests and three brothers have established the Church’s presence in counties where Catholic populations are less than one percent and where previously no Catholic presence existed. Vibrant Catholic communities—growing in both membership and outreach—are now located in each county. In addition to sharing the sacraments with few local Catholics and inviting the unchurched to the Church, the missioners are building ecumenical relationships in areas where Catholicism has not always been accepted and are providing outreach to those most in need, including a very large migrant population. They are the “hidden heroes” of the Knoxville diocese."
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