Woman Religious of the Year Honorees
The Woman Religious Award was established by the South Carolina Council of Catholic Women in 1995 and is presented annually to a Sister who has made a significant contribution to the Roman Catholic Church in South Carolina. The recipient is recognized annually at the SCCCW Convention.
2025 Woman Religious of the Year
Sister Mary Francis Basick, DC
Past Honorees
2024
2022
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
2024 Winner
2023 Winner
2020 Winner
2019 Winner
2018 Winner
Sister Marcine Klocko, SSCM
Sister Mary Cecile Swanton, CSJB
Sister Gertrude Bassey, SFCC
Sister Kathy Adamski, OSF
Sister Pamela Smith, SSCM
Sister Mary Frances Cannon, OSF
Sister Kathleen Kane, SSMN
Sister Sandra Makowski, SSMN, JCL
Sister Josephine Murphy, DC
None Awarded
Sister Christina Murphy
Sister Canice Adams, SSCM
Sister Carol Dulka, OP,
and Sister Mary Lequier, OP
Sister Mary Schifferle, OSF
Sister Roberta Fulton, SSMN
Sister Dorothy Brogan, CBS
Sister Marie Amelia Ferillo, OLM
Sister Roberta Theon, SSMN
Sister Veronica Janas, OLM
Sister M. Jacob Yelcho, CSA
Sister Colie Stokes, SSM
Sister Mary Joseph Ritter, OLM
Sister Andrea Callahan, OSU
Sister Margie Hosch, OSF
Sister Colleen Waterman, OSF
Sister Carol Gnau, SSND
Sister Marie Gerard Donovan, OP
Sister Bridget Sullivan, OLM