St. Bernardine Award
The St. Bernardine Award is given to church employees with at least 10 consecutive years of employment, who have significantly impacted the local church through leadership or service.
Honorees included: Phillip Arkfeld, St. Paul the Apostle, Chino Hills; Esther M. Barragan, Sacred Heart, Anza; Efren Espinosa, St. Thomas the Apostle, Riverside; Michele Grisham, St. Francis de Sales, Riverside.
Emily Guilherme, St. Mel, Norco; Norma López, Holy Spirit, Hemet; José Mayorga, St. Bernardine, San Bernardino; Sophia Navarrete, St. Anthony, San Bernardino; Josefina Sanchez, Our Lady of the Valley, Hemet and Kathy Spangler, St. Martha, Murrieta.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Award
The Our Lady of Guadalupe Award is presented to individuals from a parish or larger community who have demonstrated exemplary generosity, leadership or service for the common good of the diocese or local community.
Honorees included: Rudy Aguilera, St. Catherine of Siena, Rialto; Salvador Amador, St. Mel, Norco; Don Bradley, St. Louis, Cathedral City; Matthias Chong Bum Lee, St. Andrew Kim, Riverside.
Jessie Cristobal, St. Christopher, Moreno Valley; Debra Ellsworth, St. Frances de Sales, Riverside; Manuel Fajardo, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Desert Hot Springs; Emma Fernández, CMFP / Our Lady of Solitude, Palm Springs.
Gene Rojek and Grethe Abele, St. Theresa, Palm Springs; Jim Grijalva, Blessed Junipero Serra, Phelan; Frances Herrera, Holy Innocents, Victorville; Don Hitzeman, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Temecula.
Roberta P. Leruth, Our Lady of the Desert, Apple Valley; Dcn. Harold Melton, St. Martha, Murrieta; Annette Nwandu, Catholics of African Descent/Sacred Heart, Rancho Cucamonga.
Chris Orem, Christ the Redeemer, Grand Terrace; Teresa Panduro, Our Lady of the Valley, Hemet; Arnoldo and Romelia Pedrego, St. Joseph, Upland; Shanna L. Puels, Catholic Charities, San Bernardino.
Mario Rodríguez, Our Lady of the Snows, Wrightwood; Rocío Ruíz, St. Bernardine, San Bernardino; Dcn. Margarito “Margo” Saenz (Posthumous), St. Joseph, Barstow; Sebastian Salcedo, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Indio.
Bernice Santa María, St. Thomas the Apostle, Riverside; Josephine Theresa Scarano (Posthumous), St. Catherine of Alexandria, Riverside; Henry Schmitz, Holy Spirit, Hemet.
Richard Simpson, St. Anthony, Upland; Gary White, St. Joseph, Big Bear Lake and Arlene Zonni, St. Paul the Apostle, Chino Hills.
St. John Paul II Award
The St. John Paul II Youth Award is given to Catholics from 16 to 20 years old, who carry on the spirit of St. John Paul II of building bridges among people and inspiring others to create peace and harmony.
Honorees included: Vanessa Batalla, Holy Spirit, Hemet; Evelyn Carmona, Holy Innocents, Victorville; Claudia Dauto, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Desert Hot Springs; Erika Dolan, St. Joseph, Big Bear Lake.
Nathan Garnett, Christ the Redeemer, Grand Terrace; Ahtziri Hernández, St. Christopher, Moreno Valley; Christian Labrador, St. Martha, Murrieta; Brandon Leon, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Riverside.
David Miranda, St. Anthony, Upland; Angel Razo, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Indio; Judith Romo, St. Bernardine, San Bernardino; Odalis Trinidad, St. Theresa, Palm Springs.
Ryan Vargas, St. Mel, Norco; Noah Vásquez, St. Anthony/Aquinas HS, San Bernardino; Alejandra Raquel Vasquez, St. Frances de Sales, Riverside; Elaine Walshe, St. Paul the Apostle, Chino Hills and Marcos Yepez, St. Thomas the Apostle, Riverside.