The 2024 Spirit of Hecker Awards
"Advancing God's Mission through Charism and Community"
Saturday, April 27, 2024

The Spirit of Hecker Awards honor exemplary individuals and groups who accompany us in mission and embody the spirit of our founder, Servant of God Isaac Hecker.

The theme of this year’s program is “Advancing God’s Mission Through Our Charism and Community.”

You can watch the program on our website, Facebook page and YouTube channel. You will hear Paulists from some of the parishes, centers, and ministries that we serve explain how their awardees are inspired by the Paulist charism to discern the movement of the Holy Spirit within themselves — all while helping to build up their local communities, the greater Paulist family, and the universal Church.

2024 Honorees
The Oblates of Jesus the Priest
The Paulist Fathers President’s Award
New York, NY
Trish Dolese and Christopher Kennedy
St. Austin Church
Austin, TX
Chris & Randy Dixon, Parishioners at Newman, and the Student Ministry Team
Newman Hall – Holy Spirit Parish at the University of California
Berkeley, CA
Mary Skinner
The Paulist Center
Boston, MA
Cleofe Garcia
Old St. Mary’s Church
Chicago, IL
Ana C. Berríos-Allison
Paulist Associates of Columbus, OH
Mark Mann
Catholic Information Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Barb Foss
Cathedral of Saint Andrew
Grand Rapids, MI
Diana Virdell and Jacalyn Scott
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community
Horseshoe Bay, TX
Amanda Peavyhouse
Immaculate Conception Church
Knoxville, TN
Geri & Charlie Mulligan, Josh Atkins, and Delaney Klee
St. John XXIII University Parish
Knoxville, TN
Claire Henning
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community
Los Angeles, CA
Ashley Floum
University Catholic Center at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Emre Celik
Paulist Fathers’ ecumenical and interfaith efforts
New York, NY
Paula Ryan
The Church of St. Paul the Apostle
New York, NY
Margaret Bissett
Saint Patrick’s Catholic American Parish
Rome, Italy
Ronald Ng
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
San Francisco, CA
Veronica La Vista
Paulist Fathers of Vero Beach
Vero Beach, FL
Dominic Robinson, SJ and Freddie Mae Poole
Paulist Reconciliation Ministries, Landings International and Paulist Pilgrimages
Washington, D.C.