Catholic Charities, Diocese of Camden
Justice for ALL Awards Dinner on April 30
The 2009 awards for leadership, parish/community ministry, social ministry and social justice will be presented at the sixth annual Justice for ALL Awards Dinner and Ceremony:
Thursday, April 30, 2009
5:30-9:30 PM (Awards presentation at 8:00 PM)
Adelphia Grand Ballroom
1750 Clements Bridge Road
Deptford, NJ 08096
The Justice for ALL 2009 awardees are:
- Kevin J. Connor, of Westmont, receiving the Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Award for Leadership;
- Father Jeff Putthoff, S.J., of Camden, receiving the Monsignors Michael Doyle and Robert McDermott Award for Parish and Community Ministry;
- Bill Klatt, of Sewell, receiving the Sister Grace Nolan Award for Social Ministry;
- Nelva Josefina Ancona Paraison, of Millville, receiving the Peter J. O’Connor Award for Social Justice.
The “Justice for ALL” awards for leadership, parish/community ministry, social ministry and social justice, were first given in 2004. More than 500 people are expected to attend this year’s event, the proceeds of which will benefit six family service centers in South Jersey. Last year, the Justice for ALL Awards Dinner raised more than $136,000 which allowed the agency to provide direct client services to more than 1,800 families and individuals. This money was used to end crises and to prevent eviction, utility disconnection (electric, gas and oil), and to provide food and prescription needs and create stabilization within families.
For more information, visit www.CatholicCharitiesCamden.org.
Catholic Charities is a faith-based agency whose offices, located in all six South Jersey counties, offer assistance to the poor, oppressed and vulnerable, without regard to race, religion or financial ability. Services include: case management and emergency financial assistance to needy individuals and families; behavioral health counseling and treatment; school-based counseling and family support; disaster relief; training for unemployed individuals to enter for the workforce and entrepreneurial ventures; warehouse and thrift shops for low-income families; pregnancy and adoption services; refugee resettlement, and counseling and other support to individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Also, comprehensive prenatal and gynecological healthcare; medical practice management for services to uninsured and underinsured patients; spiritual intervention and comfort to patients, families and medical staff at hospitals in the six-county Camden Diocese, and ministry to incarcerated men and women and their families, as well as training for clergy and lay prison ministry volunteers.