American Cardinals Dinner

The American Cardinals Dinner is an annual fundraiser that benefits The Catholic University of America (CUA). Each year, a different U.S. archdiocese hosts the Cardinals Dinner, a black-tie event which traditionally features all or most of the cardinals who serve as residential or emeritus archbishops of various U.S. dioceses. It is traditionally preceded by a Mass at the local cathedral.

At the 2006 dinner, a gift of $8,000,000 from the Knights of Columbus was announced, to renovate Keane Hall and rename it McGivney Hall after Father Michael J. McGivney, who founded the Knights in 1882 in New Haven, Conn.

Next dinner

The 2010 dinner will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, with the Mass to be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King.^[1]

American Cardinals Encouragement Award

• 2009 – Angela House^[2] (Houston; transitional-housing facility for women after incarceration)^[3]

20th annual dinner

The 20th annual dinner was held in Houston, Texas, at the Hyatt Regency Houston and was co-hosted by Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., president of the University, and Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston. Over 700 guests attended the gala, at which Angela House, a transitional-housing facility for women after incarceration, received the American Cardinals Encouragement Award. Sister Maureen O'Connell, O.P., president of Angela House, accepted the award and $10,000 grant on behalf of the Houston-based organization.^[3]

The Mass preceding the dinner was held at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, with Cardinal DiNardo as the principal celebrant and Father O'Connell as the homilist.^[3] The principal concelebrants were Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago; Roger Cardinal Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles; Justin Cardinal Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia; Seán Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Boston; William Cardinal Keeler, archbishop emeritus of Baltimore; Adam Cardinal Maida, archbishop emeritus of Detroit; Edward Cardinal Egan, archbishop emeritus of New York; Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States; and Father O'Connell.^[4]

Other prelates concelebrating were Archbishop Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington and chancellor of CUA, along with Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Fiorenza, Auxiliary Bishop Joe S. Vasquez, and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Vincent M. Rizzotto of Galveston-Houston and Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantú of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.^[4]

Past dinners

1. December 12, 1989, in Washington, D.C.
2. January 18, 1991, in New York, New York
3. January 11, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois
4. April 24, 1993, in Boston, Massachusetts
5. April 16, 1994, in Washington, D.C.
6. February 25, 1995, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. April 19, 1996, in Los Angeles, California
8. June 6, 1997, in Detroit, Michigan
9. May 1, 1998, in Baltimore, Maryland
10. April 23, 1999, in Boston, Massachusetts
11. May 5, 2000, in Chicago, Illinois
12. April 27, 2001, in New York, New York
13. April 26, 2002, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14. May 2, 2003, in San Francisco, California
15. April 23, 2004, in Saint Paul–Minneapolis, Minnesota
16. January 28, 2005, in Miami, Florida
17. April 28, 2006, in Washington, D.C.
18. April 27, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada
19. April 25, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts
20. April 24, 2009, in Houston, Texas

See also

• List of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• sortable List of living cardinals (by name, country, birthdate)
• College of Cardinals
• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Bishop (Catholic Church)

References

1. ^ 2010 Cardinals Dinner fact sheet (CUA)
2. ^ Angela House official website
3. ^ ^{a b c} http://cardinalsdinner.cua.edu/pastdinners//2009_Houston.cfm
4. ^ ^{a b} "Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston hosts U.S. cardinals, CUA Gala" Texas Catholic Herald, May 8, 2009

External links

• American Cardinals Dinner official webpage (CUA)