Parishioners to Receive Honors at Diocesan Manifesting the Kingdom Awards

All are invited to attend the Diocese of Pittsburgh Manifesting the Kingdom Awards, where two AGP parishioners will receive Papal Honors from Pope Francis and an additional seven parishioners will be honored with the Manifesting the Kingdom Award.

Rita Ferko Joyce, Esq., will receive the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal Honor for distinguished service to the Church by clergy and laypersons. It is the highest honor that can be awarded to the laity by the pope and is awarded based on the recommendation of the Diocesan Bishop, with final approval by the Vatican.

Rosemary Corsetti, Esq., will receive the Benemerenti Medal, which was instituted by the Holy See to bestow special recognition to persons who exhibited faithful service to their families and community, as well as exceptional service to the Church, no matter if they are lay or clergy, male or female, Catholic or non-Catholic. On the back of the medal is the word, “benemerenti, meaning "to a well-deserving person."

AGP Parishioners Thomas Adams, Linda Gomulka, Anne Koller, Rosemary Mitsch, Mary Stevens, and Linda Virgi will each be honored with the Manifesting the Kingdom Award, given by the Diocesan Bishop to laywomen and laymen and to consecrated women and men who have generously given of themselves to enrich the life of our parishes. In addition to those who were nominated by Archangel Gabriel Parish, AGP parishioner Dorothy Alke is receiving the Manifesting the Kingdom Award for her service as a member of the Catholic High Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (CHSDOP) and Catholic Charities Boards of Directors.