2023 Lumen Gentium Awards
Bishop Joe Vásquez presented the 2023 Lumen Gentium Awards to the following individuals in recognition of their faithfulness and service. Recipients were nominated by their pastor or diocesan staff.
Bishop Joe Vásquez presented the 2023 Lumen Gentium Awards to the following individuals in recognition of their faithfulness and service. Recipients were nominated by their pastor or diocesan staff.
The laity are given this special vocation: to make the Church present and fruitful in those places and circumstances where it is only through them that she can become the salt of the earth. Thus, every lay person, through those gifts given to him, is at once the witness and the living instrument of the mission of the Church itself ‘according to the measure of Christ’s bestowal.” (Eph 4:7)
— No. 33, Dogmatic Constitution On The Church (Lumen Gentium), Second Vatican Council, Nov. 21, 1964
Carlos and Idalia Acuña
St. Mary, Brenham
Matthew Anderson
University Catholic Center, Austin
Pedro and Maria Arenas
Santa Teresa, Bryan
Ann Arnett
St. Ignatius Martyr, Austin
Debra Atomanczyk
St. Joseph, Elk
Donald Baldovin
Diocese of Austin
Ralph and Melinda Blanco
St. Joseph, Waco
Daniel and Shirley Bouvier
St. Charles Borromeo, Kingsland
Gary Bowers (in memory)
Santa Rosa, Andice
Thuy Bui and Mai Nguyen
Holy Vietnamese Martyrs, Austin
Joe and Hortencia Capello
St. Mary of the Visitation, Lockhart
Renee Cardwell
St. John Vianney, Round Rock
Eileen Cmerek
St. Mary, Taylor
Tucker and Suzanne Copeland
St. Paul, Smithville
Bruce and Kathryn Cowen
St. Joseph, Dime Box
Jack Cranford
St. Anthony, Bryan
Julieta De Jesus
St. Joseph, Manor
Colleen and Michael Debner
St. Austin, Austin
Ann DeGraffenried
St. Peter, Goldthwaite
Chris and Linda Dehan
St. John Neumann, Austin
Stephen Dillon
St. Catherine of Siena, Austin
Glenn Dutton
Sacred Heart, Lott
Kevin and Kimberly Farris
St. Mary Cathedral, Austin
Robert and Nicole Feldman
St. Margaret Mary, Cedar Park
Lynn and Susan Fister
St. Mary Catholic Center, College Station
Deacon Michael P. Forbes
Diocese of Austin
Carlos and Vickie Franco
St. Mary, Lampasas
Maria Gonzalez
St. Mary, Caldwell
Ed and Jan Harry
Good Shepherd, Johnson City
Claudia Haydon
St. Paul the Apostle, Horseshoe Bay
Brian and Jo Gail Hearon
St. Paul, Austin
Maria Guadalupe Hernandez-Dubey
St. Mary, Hearne
Emily Hurlimann
Diocese of Austin
Charles Christopher Hutyra
St. Martin, Tours
Janice Ingram
Diocese of Austin
Monica Ivey
Good Shepherd, Lometa
John and Joyce James
Holy Cross, Austin
Kurt and Becky Johnson
St. Thomas Aquinas, College Station
Kyle and Carla Kacir
St. Joseph, Cyclone
Donny Knebel
Our Lady of Lourdes, Gatesville
Mark and Debbie Klaus
Holy Trinity, Corn Hill
JD and Pam Kosarek
St. Jerome, Waco
Ann Krenek
St. Monica, Cameron
Karl Kuykendall
Diocese of Austin
Maria Del Carmen Landaverde
St. William, Round Rock
Kathy and Bruce Layfield
St. Patrick, Hutto
George Lourigan
St. Helen, Georgetown
Erick and Shenna Luna
Santa Cruz, Buda
Myron and Chery Lutz
St. Martin de Porres, Dripping Springs
Mary Ellen Maddox
St. Eugene, McGregor
Michael and Janice Marek
Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Marak
Roman and Myra Martinez
San Francisco Javier, Austin
George and Tina McNew
Our Lady of the Lake, Sunrise Beach
Michael and Christine Millerick
St. Louis, Waco
Richard and Charlotte Montgomery
St. Elizabeth, Pflugerville
Alejandro and Gloria Muñoz
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Temple
Miguel Olalde Camargo and Elsa Olalde Loma
St. Stephen, Salado
Tom Olsen
St. Luke, Temple
Francis O'Meara
St. Anthony, Kyle
Bertin and Irma Pantoja
St. Michael, Uhland
Kathy Paschel
Holy Trinity, Llano
Manuel and Elia Patino
St. Mary, San Saba
Joyce Paulk
Holy Family, Lexington
Beverly J. Pennington
Our Lady of Wisdom, San Marcos
Nasario and Leticia Pérez
St. Albert the Great, Austin
Robert and Maria Picazo
St. Francis on the Brazos, Waco
Pat Quackenbush
St. Peter Catholic Center, Waco
Ana Resto
St. Joseph, Killeen
Edward Reyes Sr.
St. Joseph, Marlin
Silvestre and Jeaneth Robles
St. Thomas, Hamilton
Trish Rochat
St. Joseph, Mason
Priscilla K. Ruiz
Ascension, Bastrop
Rita Sanchez
Sacred Heart, Elgin
María Santellano
St. Joseph, Rockdale
Bob and Colleen Saxon
Christ the King, Belton
Lillian Scarmardo Hughes
St. Joseph, Bryan
Gina Simmons
St. Vincent de Paul, Austin
Maryrae Stein
Diocese of Austin
Otis and Rosa Sumerall
St. Paul Chong Hasang, Harker Heights
David Swinson III
St. Mary, Waco
Jimmy and Wanda Thornton
St. Mary, Our Lady of the Lake, Lago Vista
Lynn Tinney
Sacred Heart, Austin
Maria Rosario Tristan
San José, Austin
Jim and Earline Trlicek
Sacred Heart, La Grange
Linda Turner
Holy Rosary, Frenstat
Norma Uhls
St. John the Evangelist, Marble Falls
Maria Elena Urrutia
St. John, San Marcos
Jesus and Maria Vazquez
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Austin
Darrel and Dana Wagner
St. Ferdinand, Blanco
Mary P. Walker
Diocese of Austin
Renae Willberg
Visitation, Westphalia
Radell Williams
St. Mary, Mexia
Susan Zapalac
St. Mary, Ellinger
Lexxus Zika
St. John, Fayetteville