Respect Life Sunday Annual Celebration
October 6, 2024: Respect Life Mass
Award Nominations – **Nominations are due September 5. **
Each year, the Office of Human Life & Dignity honors an adult or married couple and a high school student at the Annual Respect Life Sunday Mass on October 6, 2024 10:00 am at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Please consider nominating an adult or married couple whom you believe should be recognized for their leadership in promoting the dignity and sanctity of human life in the parish community and the Archdiocese for the Archbishop O’Meara Respect Life Award or a high school student who demonstrates leadership in promoting the dignity and sanctity of human life in the parish, community, school community and in the Archdiocese for the Our Lady of Guadalupe Pro-Life Youth Award. Completed nomination forms should be submitted to the Office of Human Life & Dignity at 1400 N. Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46202, or emailed to bvarick@archindy.org no later than September 5, 2024
The Archbishop O’Meara Respect Life Award honors an adult (or married couple) who demonstrates leadership in promoting the dignity and sanctity of human life in the parish community and in the Archdiocese.
The Our Lady of Guadalupe Pro-Life Youth Award honors a high school student who demonstrates leadership in promoting the dignity and sanctity of human life in the parish community, school community, and in the Archdiocese.
Awardees should ...
- Demonstrate leadership in promoting the dignity and sanctity of human life in the parish community, school community, and in the Archdiocese.
- Witness to the intrinsic value of all human life through various respect life activities.
Note: While many respect life ministry initiatives address abortion, respect life also includes ministry to the terminally ill, handicapped, impoverished, neglected and marginalized.
Past Awardees
Recipients of the Archbishop O’Meara Respect Life Award
1983 Charles Stimming
1984 Dr. Paul Muller
1985 Gretta Noon
1986 Clara Green
1987 Barbara Hayes
1988 Dottie Wodraska
1989 Eva Westhafer
1990 Jim & Majorie Schmitz Teresa Trujillo de Aguayo
1991 Valerie Dillon
1992 Sister Marilyn Lipps, S.P
1993 Little Sisters of the Poor
1994 Dr. James & Linda Trippi
1995 Patricia & John Etling
1996 Father Larry Crawford
1997 Tom Pottratz
1998 Robert Alerding
1999 Joan Byrum
2000 Peggy Geis
2001 Winferd & Dorothy Moody
2002 Eileen Hartman
2003 Steve Martin
2004 Gerard Striby & Linda McCullough
2005 Karen Burkhart
2006 Norberto Aguayo & Maria
2007 Steve Hamilton
2009 Christopher Payne
2010 Patricia Yeadon
2011 Gayle Schrank
2012 Sandra Bierly
2013 Angela Walker
2014 Matt & Mary Keck
2015
Maria Hernandez
2016 James & Ann Recasner
2017 Josh & Cara Bach
2019 Barb Hinkle
2020 Maria Guadalupe Aguayo and Mario Soberanes Armenta
Eric Slaughter
2021 Mary Howard
2022 Dr. Micahel Gabriel Padilla
2023 Larry and Mary Doughtery
Recipients of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Pro-Life Youth Award
2001 Catherine Beal
2002 Cullen Tierney
2003 Kim Buckley
2004 Jackie Appleman
2005 Jennifer Wulf
2006 Claire Stange
2007 Michael Padilla
2008 Sherry Bube
2009 Alea Bowling & Branden Stanley
2010 Alyssa Barnes
2011 Victoria Nondorf
2012 Patrick Stutz
2013 Mariajosé Maldonado
2014 Curtis Bouchie
2015 Grace Lundy
2016 Camille Woods
2017 Emily Taylor
2019 Meggie McPherson & Sally Jones
2020
2021 Erik Eigenbrod and Maria Thomas
2022
Eric Dessauer
2023 Sara Cabrera
LIFE CHAIN
LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of individuals standing for 90 minutes praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. It is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death. Learn more about the Life Chain Network here.