By CatholicPhilly Staff • Posted January 15, 2026

The Office for Catechetical Formation held its Religious Education Mass and award ceremony Jan. 10 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, recognizing catechists and DRE/CREs for five to 30 years of service. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez celebrated the Mass, with Bishop Keith J. Chylinski preaching the homily. The St. Paul VI Award, OCF’s highest honor, was presented to Msgr. Daniel J. Kutys for his longstanding contributions to evangelization and catechesis. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Sr. Barbara Jude Gentry, IHM, SS Simon & Jude St. Oscar Romero Award

  • Msgr. Daniel Kutys, St. Paul VI Award

  • Margaret Garman, St. Albert the Great Parish, St. Augustine Award, Archbishop Pérez, and Carol Paris, St. Augustine Award

  • Margaret Garman, St. Albert the Great Parish, St. Augustine Award, and Carol Paris, St. Augustine Award

  • Brian Jeffers, Corpus Christi Parish, St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Award

  • Deborah Rorabaugh, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, St John XXIII Award

  • Deborah Rorabaugh, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, St. John XXIII Award

  • Msgr. Daniel Kutys