The Vatican II awards were established in 1991 to honor men, women and young adults who exemplify the Catholic Church’s vision set forth in the Second Vatican Council.
St. John Paul II Award for Youth and Young Adult Leadership
Note: In the past, the youth category used to consist of three different sections: Vatican II Youth Award for Service to the Church, Vatican II Youth Award for Service in Education and Vatican II Youth Award for Service to Society. Beginning in 2011, we combined all three into one category, St. John Paul II Award for Youth and Young Adult Leadership
St. John Paul II Award for Youth and Young Adult Leadership
2011 - Catherine Ryou
Sam Meier
2012 - Kimberly VanBeek
Freddie L. Pettigrew, Jr.
2013 - Samantha Dresen
José Castillo
2014 - Annika Wallander
Kyle Kaczmarek
2015 - Abbey Gagne
Hayes Wass
2016 - Louisa Fredriksson
Heath Brozovich
2017 - Frances Dobbs
Nicholas Rodriguez
2018 - Karina Cortes
Bradley Julga
2019 - Claire Schilz
Tyler Kebis
2020 - Postponed due to COVID-19
2021 (June) - Michaela Baudry
Quinn David Thompson
2021 (September) - Augustin Khey
Dulce Contreras
2022 - E Me Na
Matthew Senn
2023 - Ellie Baudry
Michael Diego Vázquez
Past Recipients: Vatican II Youth Award: Service to the Church
2001 - Reggie Anderson
2002 - Erin Lechner
2003 - Nancy and Hilda Huertas
2004 - Kathryn Murphy
2005 - Kay Lechner
2006 - Liz Farrington
2007 - Kevin Butler
2008 - Ines Brookens
2009 - Ryan Jonas
2010 - Sarah Csiacsek
Past Recipients: Vatican II Youth Award for Service in Education
2001 - Ann McGinnity
2002 - Erica Kowalski
2003 - Román Alberto Orozco
2004 - Tianna McCullough
2005 - Megan McGinnity
2006 - James Burg
2007 - Amy Kroll
2008 - Nahely Karina Martínez
2009 - Julie Twohig
2010 - Tyler Richardson
Past Recipients: Vatican II Youth Award for Service to Society
2001 - Abraham Piñon
2002 - Uriel Dominguez
2003 - Cindy Freiboth
2004 - Marc Lois
2005 - Joshua Moore
2006 - Erin Anderson
2007 - Brady Kegley
2008 - Adam Koopmann
2009 - Kathleen Geraghty
2010 - Matthew Wisniewski
Past Vatican II Award Recipient: Young Adult Service in Communication
2001 - Sarah Schneider
Past Vatican II Award Recipient: Young Adult Service to Missions
2001 - Jessica Ackley
Past Vatican II Award Recipient for Service
2004 - Delphine Meyer — Posthumous