Faith and Service Award

Sister Marybeth McDermott, CSJ, Founding Director of School on Wheels, the mobile literacy program for immigrants in Chicago’s western suburbs.

Both of these recipients were involved in Hurricane Katrina recovery and support:

Brenda B. Brown , Director of Projects for the University of New Orleans and a specialist in education for multiply-handicapped students; noted for her work with the House of Ruth which provides financial assistance to families in crisis.

Rev. Anthony E. Rigoli, OMI , pastor, chaplain and theology professor; opened the St. Jude Community Center as a shelter for homeless, hungry and desperate people in the city.

Cynthia Canning, SNJM and Rosemary Delaney, SNJM, are recipients of the 2007 KGP Faith and Service Award. They are co-founders and directors of Next Step Learning Center in Oakland, CA. Next Step is a non-profit organization with the goal of teaching reading skills to men and women over the age of 17. The center helps clients prepare to take the GED high school equivalency exam. The efforts of the honorees, their staff and volunteers echo Kappa's service project supporting literacy initiatives.

Rev. Donald H. Dunson, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Moral Theology at Saint Mary Seminary Graduate School of Theology, Cleveland. In 2001, Father Dunson spent a six-month sabbatical in Africa and Central America. His book, No Room at the Table: Earth's Most Vulnerable Children, shares the shocking realities of poverty: hunger, violence, child labor, AIDS orphans and lack of education, side by side with warm personal stories of children and families he has met. Father Dunson's book and his numerous articles highlight the needs and suggest that we act in solidarity with the poor through contributions to Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF, and the International Red Cross. The St. Kizoto Scholarship Fund that Father Dunson initiated provides education to African children.