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The Good Samaritan Award was established in 1968 and is awarded annually at the NCDC Conference and Exposition. This award exemplifies concern for others through exceptional service. Members of religious communities, lay people, and non-NCDC members are eligible for nomination.

Criteria for The Good Samaritan Award:

• The nominee's life of service is an outstanding example of following the Gospel message, as manifested by the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
• The nominee's service has also made a significant impact upon the lives of persons in need (regardless of the type of need).
• The nominee is actively engaged in, or recently associated with, such services.
• Active documentation is available or public knowledge is sufficient to support the nomination.
• The nominee must be available to accept the award in person at the NCDC Conference and Exposition.
• The Executive Committee of the NCDC Board of Directors determines the final selection for the recipient of The Good Samaritan Award.

History of Good Samaritan Award Recipients

2011
Fr. Gilberto Rodriguez, S.T.
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
Guamal, Columbia

2010
Miriam Ford and Colleen Kelly
New York, NY

2009
Ken Hackett
Catholic Relief Services
Baltimore, MD

2008
Immaculeè Ilibagiza
Author
Left to Tell: Discovering God
Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

2007
Dr. Anthony Lazzara
Hogar San Francisco de Asis
Lima, Peru

2006
Reverend Gary Graf
Holy Family Parish
Waukegan, IL

2005
Project Lazarus
New Orleans, LA

2004
Sister Nancy Shreck, OSF
Excel, Inc.
Okolona, MS
Sister Elizabeth Brown, CSJ
Excel, Inc.
Okolona, MS

2003
Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.
Homeboy Industries
Los Angeles, CA

2001 - 2002
Sister Lucita Cangemi, M.S.B.T.
Nazareth Housing, Inc.
New York, NY

2000
Reverend Benedict Taylor, OFM
CREATE
New York, NY

1999
Reverend Joâo Drexel, OMI
Associação Maria Helen Drexel
São Paulo, SP, Brazil

1998
Sister Florence St. Onge, SMSM
Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary
Memphis, TN

1997
Brother Regis Fust, SDS
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse
New Holstein, WI

1996
Sister Teresa Auad, O.P.
InDios Cooperative
Indiantown, FL

1995
Sister Peter Claver Fahy, MSBT
Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed
Trinity
Philadelphia, PA

1994
Sister Jane Frances Power, CSJ
Serra Ancillary Care Corporation
Los Angeles, CA

1993
Reverend Flavian Mucci, OFM
Centro Agape
Ate, El Salvador

1992
Sister Margaret Dillier, SCN
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Hernando, MS

1991
Sister Elizabeth Mullane, CSJ
St. Vincent's Services, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY

1990
Janelle Goetcheus, M.D.
Christ House
Washington, DC

1989
Reverend Lawrence Bohnen, SDB
Salesian Fathers
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

1988
Brother Cesare Bullo, SDB
Don Bosco Technical Training Center
Makale (Tigrai), Ethiopia

1987
Sister Elaine Roulet
Sisters of Saint Joseph
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
Bedford Hills, NY

1986
Joseph P. Hubbard
Catholic Urban Programs
Diocese of Belleville
Belleville, IL

1985
Reverend Marvin Mottet
Campaign for Human Development-USCC
Washington, DC

1984
Michael Kirwan
Washington, DC

1983
JoAnn Zimmerman
"Amanda the Panda"
Des Moines, IA

1982
Doctor John C. Willke
National Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH

1981
Staff of Calvary Hospital
Bronx, NY

1980
Mother Anna Dengel, SCMM, M.D.
Foundress of the Medical Mission Sisters
Philadelphia, PA

1979
Reverend William B. Wasson
Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos
Our Little Brothers and Sisters
Cuernavaca, Mexico Good Samaritan Award Recipients

1978
Reverend Bruce Ritter, OFM Conv.
Covenant House
New York, NY

1977
Sister Maria Rose Leggol, SSSF
School Sisters of Saint Francis
Honduras

1976
Monsignor Clement H. Kern
Most Holy Trinity Church
Detroit, MI

1975
Doctor Isabel S. Dumont
Joan Mulder Good Samaritan Hospital
Selma, AL

1974
Reverend Daniel Egan, S.A.
New Hope Manor
Garrison, NY

1973
Monsignor Ralph W. Beiting
Christian Appalachian Project
Lancaster, KY

1972
Most Reverend Michael R. Dempsey, D.D.
Campaign for Human Development
Chicago, IL

1971
Mother Teresa
Missionaries of Charity in India
Calcutta, India

1970
Most Reverend Joseph B. Whelan, CSSp
Bishop of Nigeria
Owerri, Nigeria

1969
Reverend Berard Scarborough, OFM
Cleveland House of Correction
Matt Talbot Inn
Cleveland, OH

1968
Most Reverend Edward E. Swanstrom, D.D.
Catholic Relief Services
New York, NY