CYO recognition highlights work of
both adults and young people

The Catholic Youth Organization recently honored six individuals from Indianapolis-area parishes with its highest honor. The 2006 St. John Bosco Medal winners for distinguished volunteer service to youth are:

Ted Brindle—St. Simon the Apostle Parish

Mike Clements—A former St. Jude parishioner who is now a member of SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi Parish in Greenwood

Jim Dossman—St. Matthew Parish

Jerry Jones—Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish

Jack Rossman—St. Barnabas Parish

Richard Turner—St. Thomas Aquinas Parish

The Catholic Youth Organization also honored 28 young people with the 2006 Spirit of Youth Award for outstanding volunteer service. Here are the winners by parish (all parishes are in Indianapolis unless noted otherwise):

Good Shepherd—Katie Kocher and Brandon Negri

Holy Cross—Emily Hensley, Kelly Qualls and Kim Tackett

Sacred Heart of Jesus—Ashley Manifold

St. Barnabas—Kim Daeger

St. Jude—Cassie Craft

St. Lawrence—Michael Heisserer

St. Louis de Montfort (in Fishers, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese)—Ashlee Cederholm

St. Luke—Maria Pappas

St. Malachy (in Brownsburg)—Amber Crowe, Ashley Crowe and Kelly Crowe

St. Mark the Evangelist—Kaitlyn Blandford and Brittany Jackson

St. Matthew—Lauren Hofmeister

St. Michael the Archangel—Patrick Beyer

St. Monica—Elizabeth Lehman and Stephanie Paul

St. Pius X—Joanna Barnett and Drew Ruckelshaus

St. Roch—Alyssa Braughton, Nicole Leppert, Kristina Mitchell and Jessica Shaffer

St. Susanna (in Plainfield)—Kelsey Erlenbaugh

St. Thomas More (in Mooresville)—Jacob Niemeier

The Catholic Youth Organization also honored 29 adults with the 2006 Msgr. Albert Busald Award for their outstanding volunteer service to youth. Here are the winners by parish (all parishes are in Indianapolis unless noted otherwise):

Christ the King—Gene Wantuck

Good Shepherd—Jerry Kocher

Holy Spirit—Scott Miller

Immaculate Heart of Mary—Pam Dedinsky

St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower)—Marty Dugan and Burke Schneider

Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ—Dan Kuhn

Our Lady of Mount Carmel (in Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese)—Tim Brazill

Sacred Heart of Jesus—Clarence Golden

St. Barnabas—Paul Rossman

St. Christopher—John Kistner

St. Gabriel the Archangel—Mike Murphy and Jackie Murphy

St. Jude—Jim Matis and Bob Susemichel

St. Lawrence—David Hill

St. Louis de Montfort (in Fishers, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese)—Larry Kunkel

St. Luke—Doug Robinson

St. Malachy (in Brownsburg)—Clay Courtney

St. Mark the Evangelist—John Bush II

St. Matthew—Angie McNelis, Pat Smith and Jeff Traub

St. Michael the Archangel—Janette Lynch

St. Pius X—Mike Hoffman and Ed Sahm

St. Simon the Apostle—Paul Burger

St. Susanna (in Plainfield)—Edward Carson

St. Thomas Aquinas—Karen Gardner †