Awards

Fr. Angus MacDougall Award for Excellence in Family Life Education goes to someone who demonstrates many of these characteristics:
• An Ontario Catholic family life educator
• One who demonstrate excellence in one or more of the following areas:
– Outstanding contributions to family life education at the provincial level.
-Care and commitment to engaging and supporting student learning in family life education
-Knowledge and demonstration of best practices in family life education
-Innovations in the practice of family life education
-On-going contributions to the field of family life education beyond their own classroom
-Leadership in initiating and sustaining opportunities for the growth of quality family life education with colleagues
-Continuous updating and improving of personal practice as a family life educator

Archbishop Philip Pocock Award for Excellence in Religious Education goes to someone who demonstrates many of these characteristics:

  • An Ontario Catholic school religious educator
  • One who demonstrate excellence in one or more of the following areas:
    • Care and commitment to engaging and supporting student learning in religious education and faith formation
    • Knowledge and demonstration of best practices in religious education and faith formation
    • Innovations in the practice of religious education and faith formation
    • On-going contributions to the field of religious education and faith formation beyond their own classroom at a provincial level
    • Leadership in initiating and sustaining opportunities for the growth of quality religious education and faith formation with colleagues
    • Continuous updating and improving of personal practice as a religious educator

CARFLEO was formed by an amalgamation of CRECO and OCFLEN

CRECO AWARD recipients:

  • 1975 Sr. Sheila McAuliffe, CND
  • 1976 Martin Jeffrey
  • 1977 Sr. Catherine Fenn, CSJ
  • 1978 Sr. St. Maurice, OSU
  • 1979 Sr. Mary Hamilton, CND
  • 1980 Margaret Walder
  • 1981 Dr. Mary Malone
  • 1982 Chris Asseff
  • 1982 Rev. P.M. Horrigan
  • 1983 Noel Cooper
  • 1984 Sr. Norine Connely , CSJ
  • 1985 Sr. Elaine Dunn , CSJ
  • 1986 Ron & Mary Deleski
  • 1987 Fr. Frank Ruetz, C.R.
  • 1988 Muriel Loftus
  • 1989 Joanne Chafe
  • 1990 Sr. Marie Taylor, SSND
  • 1990 Walter Bildstein
  • 1991 Ted Schmidt
  • 1992 Fr. Bill Russell
  • 1993 Sr. Joan Cronin , CSIC
  • 1994 John Prokopitch
  • 1995 John Podgorski
  • 1996 Terri Kudirka
  • 1997 Frances Kelly
  • 1998 Jerry Creedon
  • 1999 Gerald Woodman
  • 2000 Margie Ann McKinnon
  • 2001 Heather Reid
  • 2002 Mary Ann Takacs
  • 2003 Sharron McKeever
  • 2004 Doug Finbow

In 2005 we awarded our first Archbishop Pocock Award for excellence in Religious Education. Our Archbishop Pocock Award recipients:

  • 2005 Tony Cuschieri
  • 2006 Dwyer Sullivan
  • 2007 Bronek Korczynski
  • 2008 Larry Trafford
  • 2009 Les Miller
  • 2010 Tony Cosentino
  • 2011 Joan Daly Martin
  • 2012 Greg Rogers
  • 2013 Sharon Gusz
  • 2014 Janet Bentham
  • 2015 Mark Siolek
  • 2016 Joe Bezzina
  • 2017 Al Dufour
  • 2018 Deirdre Thomas
  • 2019 Shelagh Peterson

The Fr. Angus MacDougall S.J. Award is awarded to those making outstanding contributions in Catholic Family Life Education in Ontario. Our Fr. Angus MacDougall S.J. Award recipients:

  • 2000 Sister Marie Taylor, SSND
  • 2001 Mary Baier
  • 2002 Patrick Gallagher
  • 2003 John Podgorski
  • 2004 Diana Scahill
  • 2005 Ralph Peter
  • 2006 John Van Dommelen
  • 2007 Peter Crane
  • 2008 Rita Mary Cote
  • 2009 Shelley McKenzie
  • 2010 Dave Szollosy
  • 2011 Bishop Paul-André Durocher
  • 2012 Mary Ann Takacs
  • 2013 Katharine Stevenson
  • 2014 Leanne Thompson
  • 2015 Michael Way Skinner
  • 2016 Kevin Welbes Godin
  • 2017 Teresa Hartnett
  • 2018 Kelly Pickard-Lefterys
  • 2019 Michael Pautler