The Annual Dinner - The John Carroll Society

Read the Catholic Standard report on the Society's 2024 Annual Dinner!

At the John Carroll Society’s 38^th Annual Awards Dinner on April 13, 2024 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., five people received the John Carroll Society Medal. At left is Msgr. Peter Vaghi, chaplain for the John Carroll Society, and at right is Dr. Eileen Moore, the society’s president. Standing between them from left to right are the five John Carroll Society Medal recipients – Colleen Mudlaff, the executive director of the Gregorian University Foundation; Patrick E. Kelly, the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus who also spoke at the event; Kevin Baine, a leading First Amendment attorney; Marcus Washington, the president of the Washington Jesuit Academy; and Andrew N. Cook, an attorney who served as president of the John Carroll Society from 2021-23. (John Carroll Society photo by Christopher Newkumet)

Patrick E. Kelly, the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, speaks at the John Carroll Society’s 38^th Annual Awards Dinner held April 13, 2024 at the Four Seasons Hotel In Washington, D.C. (John Carroll Society photo by Christopher Newkumet)

The John Carroll Society Annual Dinner Awards are presented to distinguished Catholics in recognition of lifetime achievement, public service, outstanding leadership, and commitment to their faith. Our awardees reflect the vision of faith exemplified by Archbishop John Carroll, spiritual leader and patriot of colonial times. As citizens and as believers dedicated to the common good of our society, they champion his example by living their faith fully at home, at work, and in their communities.

Connecting faith with daily life was the hallmark of the exemplary witness of Archbishop Carroll. So, too, it is the mission of the John Carroll Society to inspire and encourage its members to live their faith, guided by the Church, and thereby enrich their families, their workplaces, their communities and the Nation.

Watch the recording of the 2021 Annual Awards Ceremony, which was held virtually.

Gathered at the 2017 Annual Dinner are Jeffrey Mancabelli (honoree), Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi (JCS Chaplain), Catherine Ronan Karrels (honoree), Kathleen Ryan Prebble (honoree), His Eminence, Donald Cardinal Wuerl (Archbishop of Washington), and Daniel Kerns (honoree).