Inaugural Edition of Sheen Awards Honors Mother Angelica

Hundreds attend first-ever Sheen Awards, honoring prominent Catholic media figures

PEORIA, Illinois – The inaugural Sheen Awards Gala was held at the Peoria Civic Center on Sept. 25, the day after Fulton Sheen’s beatification. The first in what is projected to be an annual awards [...]

Inaugural Edition of Sheen Awards Honors Mother Angelica

EWTN’s foundress was the posthumous recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

EWTN’s Mother Angelica recognized at inaugural Sheen Awards

On Sept. 25, one day after the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, members of the media and entertainment world as well as the Church at large gathered in Peoria, Illinois — the hometown of now-Blessed Fulton Sheen — for the inaugural Sheen Awards. Among the notable figures in attendance were Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peoria; Bishop John Barres of the Diocese Rockville Centre, New York; Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Win…