2009 Gartland Award Recipients Named

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Named for Francis X. Gartland, the first Bishop of Savannah, the award is given for distinguished service to the Catholic Church in South Georgia. The award was instituted in 2000 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Savannah.

The gold and blue award pin combines elements of Bishop Gartland's episcopal coat of arms with elements from the shield of the Diocese of Savannah. His motto, Vincit Veritas, or "Truth conquers," is inscribed on the pin.

Bishop Gartland, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1805, was named Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Savannah in July 1850. A true missionary bishop, he traveled the expanse of the diocese, which at that time included all of Georgia and part of northern Florida.

When a yellow fever epidemic struck the city of Savannah, he visited the sick tirelessly, administering the sacraments, until he, himself, contracted the fever and died in 1854.

Sixty South Georgians received the Bishop Gartland Service Award at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist  on Sunday, November 22. The 2009 Gartland Award recipients are listed below by deanery. To read the nominations of the recipients, click a name from the list in the column at the left.

Albany Deanery

  • Amaya P. King

    • - Saint Teresa, Albany

  • Luz Cooper, Mark R. Russell 

    • - Immaculate Conception, Moultrie

  • Allison K. Dewell
  • Renee O. Reeves

    • - Saint Augustine, Thomasville

  • Rachel N. Davis
  • Margaret A. Sumner

    • - Our Divine Saviour, Tifton

Augusta Deanery

  • Barbara C. Kareis
  • Joan M. Purucker

    • - Saint Mary on the Hill, Augusta

  • John A. Ridick
  • Mary D. Soparas

    • - Saint Teresa of Avila, Grovetown

Columbus Deanery

  • Robert D. Spano
  • Judy Widner

    • - Saint Mary Magdalene, Buena Vista

  • Kim Huskins
  • Paul B. Johnson

    • - Our Lady of Lourdes, Columbus

  • Margaret Rose Truett
  • Russell A. Eno

    • - Saint Anne, Columbus

  • Carl L. Steele
  • Janice M. Steele

    • - Christ the King, Pine Mountain

Savannah Deanery

  • Anneliese M. Brandenburg
  • Elizabeth A. Ownbey

    • - Our Lady of Lourdes, Port Wentworth

  • Marilyn S. Hodges
  • Lyn Seifert

    • - Saint Anne, Richmond Hill

  • Charles T. Ganem
  • Judy K. Roddy

    • - Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Savannah

  • Mary Jo H. Long
  • Ronald Long

    • - Most Blessed Sacrament, Savannah

  • Nathaniel C. Glover
  • Crystal S. Mitchell

    • - Resurrection of Our Lord, Savannah

  • Travis E. Ericsson
  • Trina R. Ericsson

    • - Sacred Heart, Savannah

  • Mariah Bailey
  • Dr. Joseph H. Silver, Sr.

    • - Saint Benedict the Moor, Savannah

  • Jackie D. Haynes
  • Sr. Bernarda Loncon, RSM

    • - Saint Frances Cabrini, Savannah

  • Dr. Richard F. Lee
  • Gayle A. Valbuena

    • - Saint James, Savannah

  • Camillus Gassen
  • Joseph Hasbrouck

    • - Saint Peter the Apostle, Savannah

  • Mark J. Czachowski
  • Virginia Dickey

    • - Saint Boniface, Springfield

  • Kevin Sofa

    • - Saint Michael, Tybee Island

Macon Deanery

  • Charles E. Mann
  • Carol A. Strandburg

    • - Saint Patrick, Kathleen

  • Katey Brown
  • John T. McGoldrick, Jr.

    • - Saint Joseph, Macon

  • Patricia J. Robinson
  • James Wesley

    • - Saint Peter Claver, Macon

  • Carrie B. Kerney
  • Eleanor Odom

    • - Sacred Heart, Warner Robins

Statesboro Deanery

  • Roma A. Drummer

    • - Saint Matthew, Statesboro

Valdosta-Brunswick Deanery

  • Dr. Janet E. Benton

    • - Holy Family, Willacoochee

  • Gary L. Holland

    • - Saint Paul, Douglas

  • Mary C. Moultrie
  • Maria De Jesus Cobian Olmedo

    • - Saint William, Fitzgerald

  • Dr. Cecilia B. Ong, MD
  • Lee J. Tolbert

    • - Saint Stephen, First Martyr, Hinesville

  • Beryl F. Barrett
  • Thomas M. Delaney

    • - Saint William, Saint Simons Island

  • Carlene Murray

    • - Saint Joseph, Waycross