{"id":2711,"date":"2025-07-14T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?page_id=2711"},"modified":"2026-10-02T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:11:10","slug":"heart-of-a-servant-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?page_id=2711","title":{"rendered":"Heart of a Servant Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nominations for the 2027 Awardee are now closed.<\/em><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong><em>Bishop Roger Gries Heart of a Servant<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;award recognizes an individual or group for a specific effort&nbsp;<em>or<\/em>&nbsp;cumulative efforts over the years to&nbsp;<strong>broaden, enhance, educate, and connect the Catholic community of Greater Cleveland.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The nomination period ended Thursday, October 1. <\/strong>The award will be presented at the Bishop&#8217;s Luncheon on Thursday, February 4, 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HOS-selection-guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>click here for more details on the<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HOS-selection-guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> criteria<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Previous <em>Heart of a Servant<\/em> Awardees<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_3022\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3022\" class=\"wp-image-3022 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffcle-sr-judith-ann-at-podium-remarks-for-hos-award-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffcle-sr-judith-ann-at-podium-remarks-for-hos-award-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffcle-sr-judith-ann-at-podium-remarks-for-hos-award-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffcle-sr-judith-ann-at-podium-remarks-for-hos-award-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffcle-sr-judith-ann-at-podium-remarks-for-hos-award-624x362.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ffcle-sr-judith-ann-at-podium-remarks-for-hos-award.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA, accepting the award on behalf of her order at the 2026 Bishop&#8217;s Luncheon<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2026 &#8211; Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2025 &#8211; Sr. Juanita Shealey, CSJ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2024 &#8211; John FitzGerald<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2023 &#8211; Sr. Rita Mary Harwood, ND<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2022 &#8211; Bishop Roger Gries<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?page_id=2711\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations for the 2027 Awardee are now closed. The Bishop Roger Gries Heart of a Servant&nbsp;award recognizes an individual or group for a specific effort&nbsp;or&nbsp;cumulative efforts over the years to&nbsp;broaden, enhance, educate, and connect the Catholic community of Greater Cleveland.&nbsp; The nomination period ended Thursday, October 1. 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