Spirit of Sister Dorothy Stang Award

The Spirit of Sister Dorothy Stang Award is given to faculty members, parish ministers, parishioners active in social justice ministry and graduating seniors in the Catholic high schools and parish youth ministry programs in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. It is granted by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Offices of Mission, Social Action, Youth and Young Adult Ministry and Evangelization and Catechesis.

"We celebrate and thank our Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Ohio Province current and past missionaries for the gift of their lives to people in other countries and cultures around the world and for the reciprocal benefits they bring back to us on their return. As they say in Nigeria, 'To God be the glory.'" -- Sister Carol Wetli, SNDdeN

Purposes of the award are:

  • To keep alive the ministry and memory of Sister Dorothy Stang that included her solidarity with the poor, her care for the earth and her love for Jesus’ mission.
  • To encourage schools, parishes and members of our archdiocese to study/teach about Sister Dorothy and encourage others to follow in her footsteps by promoting global solidarity and cross cultural mission and ministry.
  • To honor teachers, principals, parish ministers and graduating high school seniors who exemplify the values of Sister Dorothy through their social justice ministry, service work, and teaching.

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Spirit of Sister Dorothy Stang School Award

Awardee School

Anthony Corder

  Archbishop Moeller High School

Mike Raiff

 Catholic Central High School
Casey Nguyen, Lacy Liette, Amaia Jackson, Alyssa Wagner Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School

Katie Hoekzema

 De Paul Christo Rey High School

Tyler Lorenzen

Elder High School

Alicia Ausere

Mount Notre Dame High School

Lily Voss

Roger Bacon High School

Jenny Heile Jenkins

Seton High School

Jackie Noelker

Stephen T. Badin High School

Heather Williams

St. Ursula High School

Andrew Coburn

St. Xavier High School

Johnathan Breazeale

The Summit Country Day School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipients of the 2024 Spirit of Sister Dorothy Stang Parish Award

Awardee Parish
Peter Bauer St. Clare Parish, Cincinnati
Ted Bergh IHM Parish, Cincinnati

Tom Kilgore, Paul Inderhees, and the Whitley City Ministry         

 Good Shepherd Parish, Cincinnati         
Hank Kaiser St. Sebastian Parish, (Marion Catholic Community), Celina
Friends of Nyamitangea (FON) Twinning Ministry St. Susanna Parish, Mason

Pam Leong

 Holy Angel Parish, Sidney
St. Max Twinning Ministry St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish
Maruja and Tel Gutmann-Gonzalez Sr. Mary and St. Boniface, Piqua
Solange Asingabona Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, Dayton
Mark Giesige Immaculate Conception, Celina
Ascension Twinning Committee Ascension, Kettering
Nick Boschert St. Ignatius of Loyola, Cincinnati
Ignatius House Volunteers St. Xavier Church, Cincinnati