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PEOPLE OF GOD
November 2012
St. Francis of Assisi Award Recipients
Velma Joy Saiz from Church of the Ascension, Albuquerque Presented by Deacon Leon Jones
Enrique & Denise Tellez from Our Lady of the Annunciation, Albuquerque Presented by Msgr. Bennett J. Voorhies, Pastor
Van Sanders from San Clemente, Los Lunas Presented by Fr. James E. Marshall, Pastor
Patricia E. Thaxton from Santa Maria de La Paz, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Daniel M. Balizan, Pastor
Arthur Tixier from St. Anne, Tucumcari Presented by Fr. Hyginus Chuks Anuta, Pastor
Rita Torres-Salazar from San Miguel, Socorro Presented by Fr. Andrew J. Pavlak, Pastor
Joe & Rose Trujillo from Our Lady of Sorrows, Las Vegas Presented by Fr. Douglas J. Mitchell, Pastor
Kathryn Trask from John XXIII Catholic Community, Albuquerque Presented by Fr.Arkad Biczak, Pastor
Felix & Josie Valencia from St. Anthony of Padua, Pecos Presented by Fr. Vincent Dominguez, Pastor
Emily Vigil from St. Thomas the Apostle, Abiquiu Presented by Fr. Joseph A. Vigil, Pastor
Rudy & Eva Villanueva from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Villanueva - Presented by Sr. Elena Carney OLVM, Parish Life Coordinator
Annette Vigil Hayden from Holy Family, Chimayo Presented by Fr. Julio Gonzalez SF, Pastor
Mary Wylie from San Felipe de Neri, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Thomas Noesen, OP
Ernest Jaramillo from St. Augustine, Isleta Pueblo Presented by Fr. George Pavamkott, O.Praem, Pastor
Also receiving the Award this Year but not present this evening:
Angie Kollasch from Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Adam Lee Ortega y Ortiz, Rector
Mike & Cindy Valdo from Immaculate Conception, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. George Pavamkott, O.Praem
Antonio & Caroline Chavez from Santa Clara in Wagon Mound & Angela Safranek from St. Francis Xavier, Clayton Photos by Paul Herrera
St. Francis of Assisi Award By Bernadette Lucero, Assistant Office of Historic-Artistic Patrimony and Archives
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rchbishop Michael J. Sheehan, eleventh Archbishop of Santa Fe, began the St. Francis of Assisi Awards in October 2002. The first St. Francis of Assisi Award Mass was held on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi on Friday, October 4, 2002 at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe. Recipients were presented to Archbishop Sheehan by their parish priests and they each received a St. Francis medallion. The St. Francis Award medallions resemble the centennial medallions that were crafted by Geri Jimenez Gould. On the obverse the medallion depicts an image of St. Francis of Assisi with a bird, and the reverse depicts an image of the St. Francis Cathedral. During the centennial celebrations of the St. Francis Cathedral in 1986, sculptor Geri Jimenez Gould, of Gould Studios in California, was commissioned to design a centennial medal commemorating the 1886 blessing of the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi.