2023 Bishop Maurice J. Dingman Peace Award
Catholic Peace Ministry’s Bishop Dingman Peace Award was held Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 2926 Beaver Ave., Des Moines.
For more information or to reserve tickets please email Kathleen Mcquillen at catholicpeaceministry@gmail.com.
Our Speaker was Johnny Zokovich, the Executive Director of Pax Christi USA,
the national Catholic peace and justice movement. Previously, Johnny worked in Brussels with Pax Christi International as the Senior Communications Officer. For nearly 15 years, he lived at and co-directed the Gainesville (FL) Catholic Worker House, an intentional community serving and
living with people who are homeless, addicted, impoverished, and mentally ill. He holds an MA in Theology with a concentration in biblical studies from the University of Notre Dame. His writing has been featured in National Catholic Reporter, US Catholic, Belief.Net, The Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, and elsewhere.
About the Dingman Peace Award
Catholic Peace Ministry celebrates the life and memory of Bishop Maurice J. Dingman – a man of peace and an ally of Catholic Peace Ministry.
Every spring (since 1996), CPM hosts the Dingman Peace Award gathering with three features: remembering the Bishop, hearing a lecture from a renowned speaker, and presenting the Dingman Peace Award to an honored member of our community.
The Dingman Award gathering also is a cherished occasion for citizens of Iowa to gather and share food and fellowship. The Dingman event is a fundraiser for Catholic Peace Ministry.
Past Awardees and Speakers
Year | Dingman Peace Award Recipient(s) | Dingman Award Keynote Speaker |
2019 | Carolyn Uhlenhake Walker | Jeffrey Biggers |
2018 | Cy and Joan Engler Family | Paul Engler |
2017 | Carmen Lampe Zeitler | Carmen Lampe Zeitler |
2016 | DM Catholic Worker | John Dear |
2015 | Brian Terrell and Barry and Marie Malloy | Brian Terrell |
2014 | Veterans for Peace—Iowa chapters, and Rita Hohenshell | Jeremy Scahill |
2013 | Sally Frank | Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS |
2012 | Joshua Casteel | Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton |
2011 | Religious sisters of Iowa | Tom Cordaro |
2010 | Helen Oster and Chris Gaunt | Jack Jezreel |
2009 | Chuck Day and Harold Wells | Kathy Kelly |
2008 | Des Moines Area JustFaith | Liz McAlister |
2007 | Eloise Cranke and Rev. Chet Guinn | Charlie King, Karen Brandow, and the Prince Myshkins |
2006 | Sherry Hutchison | Fr. Roy Bourgeois, MM |
2005 | Trinity United Methodist Church of Des Moines | Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer |
2004 | Iowa United Methodist Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer | Rosemary Radford Ruether, Ph.D. |
2003 | American Friends Service Committee, Iowa Program | Ched Myers |
2002 | Rev. Bob Cook | Rev. John Dear, SJ |
2001 | Rev. Gil Dawes | Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB |
2000 | Jean and Bill Basinger | Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ |
1999 | Phil Riley and Paul Stanfield | Rev. William Sloane Coffin |
1998 | Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Des Moines Chapter | Jim Wallis |
1997 | Sr. Gwen Hennessey, OSF | Sen. Tom Harkin |
1996 | Helen Tichy | Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton |