Marian Medal Award

FALL RIVER — Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., will present the Marian Award to 58 members of parishes from throughout the Diocese of Fall River at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, 327 Second Street, Fall River.

First presented in 1968, the annual award recognizes diocesan parishioners for their dedicated service to the Church. Recipients are nominated for the award by their pastor.

The Marian Award is a pewter medal embossed with a Madonna and Child Jesus image on one side and the Fall River Diocesan coat-of-arms on the other.

Bishop da Cunha will bless and present the Marian Awards in the context of Evening Prayer of the Church and Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

You can watch a live stream of the Marian Awards Ceremony on the St. Mary Cathedral website at www.olfallriver.org. Please click “Watch” along the menu bar at the top of the page.

The Marian Award recipients for 2025 are listed below by deanery or area.

Attleboro Deanery

Victoria J. Carter, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, Seekonk; Lillian Costello, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Seekonk; Patrica M Healey, Transfiguration of the Lord Parish, North Attleboro; Thomas L. Jarbeau, St. Mary Parish, Norton; Kathleen Kane, St. Mary Parish, Mansfield; and Virginia Richardson, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro.

Cape Cod & Islands Deanery

Carmella Patricia Alfano, St. Joan of Arc Parish, Orleans; Steven J. Angelilli, Good Shepherd Parish, Martha’s Vineyard; Mark J. Cutone, St. Mary-Our Lady of the Isle Parish, Nantucket; Jeanne Dennis, Christ the King Parish, Mashpee; John McDermott, Holy Trinity Parish, West Harwich; Claudia Moniz, St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis; Carol Mooney, St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Provincetown; Diane R. Quinn, St. Joseph, Guardian of the Holy Family Parish, Falmouth; Francoise Rocher, Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville; Mary Jane Shea, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Wellfleet; Dorothy Stahley, Corpus Christi Parish, East Sandwich; Roger K. Sullivan, St. Pius X Parish, South Yarmouth; Lena Teixeira, St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, Buzzards Bay; Patricia Wahlberg, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Pocasset; Judith Wass, Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Osterville; and Marilyn Whelden, Holy Redeemer Parish, Chatham.

Fall River Deanery

Mamede Almeida, St. Michael Parish, Fall River; Marylou Cordeiro, St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River; Winifred P. Costa, St. Joseph Parish, Fall River; Odete da Pina, Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River; Maria Fatima Dias, Santo Christo Parish, Fall River; Donna Fraser, Holy Name Parish, Fall River; Judy Giusti, Divine Mercy Parish, Westport; Raymond Gut, St. John of God Parish, Somerset; Maria Machado, Good Shepherd Parish, Fall River; Elaine Mello, St. Bernard Parish, Assonet Village; Stephen M. Menard, Our Lady of Peace, Parish, Somerset; Anthony Olveira, St. Mary’s Cathedral Parish, Fall River; and Ann Pereira, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Fall River.

New Bedford

Jane Elizabeth Bellavance, St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish, New Bedford; Maria DaCruz, Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, New Bedford; Carol Eccleston, St. Francis Xavier Parish, Acushnet; Lilia Fagundes, St. Mary Parish, Dartmouth; Olga Maria Hernandez-Ortiz, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford; Antonio Linhares, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, New Bedford; Sharon Rose McGraw, St. Mary Parish, Fairhaven; Mary Peabody, St. Patrick Parish, Wareham; Madeline C. Perry, St. Lawrence Martyr Parish, New Bedford; Robert E. Santos, St. Julie Billiart Parish, Dartmouth; Anne Silveira, St. Joseph Parish, Fairhaven; Alfred Thomas Sylvia, Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. James Parish, New Bedford; Janice Tinkham, St. John Neumann Parish, East Freetown; and Gordon W. Vieira, Holy Name of the Sacred Heart Parish, New Bedford.

Taunton Deanery

Walter Cahoon, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Taunton; Antoinette Carvalho, St Ann Parish, Raynham; Manuel Coelho, St. Jude the Apostle Parish, Taunton; Vivian Courcy, Holy Family Parish, East Taunton; Kevin Dixon, Holy Cross Parish, South Easton; Luis Freitas, St. Anthony Parish, Taunton; Elizabeth Mullaney, St. Nicholas of Myra Parish, North Dighton; Katrina Silveira, Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Taunton; and Gary D. Twiraga, Immaculate Conception Parish, North Easton.

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