Beverly A. Carroll Receives The Servant Of Christ Award-Lifetime Achievement Honors At The NBCC

WASHINGTON—Beverly A. Carroll receivedthe 2012 "Servant of Christ Award- Lifetime Achievement Honors" from theNational Black Catholic Congress XI, July 21, in Indianapolis. The LifetimeAchievement in Outstanding Leadership and Service to the Catholic Church in theAfrican American Community Award was established and first given in July, 2012to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to the freedomand growth of African Americans as full participants in the Church andsociety.

Since2009, Carroll has been an Assistant Director in the Secretariat for CulturalDiversity in the Church at the United States Conference on Catholic Bishops(USCCB), where she advises the U.S. Bishops on evangelization in AfricanAmerican communities. She was the founding director of the USCCB Secretariatfor African American Catholics from 1988 to 2008.

"Beverlyis an example of the 'good and faithful servant.' She is a respected leader inthe community and has provided invaluable advice to the Bishops Conference on mattersconcerning the evangelization of African American Catholics," said Mar Muñoz-Visoso,executive director of USCCB's Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church."We are proud to know her and work with herevery day, and grateful that her talents and love for the Church are beingrecognized."

Internationally,Carroll had led several U.S. delegations to South Africa, Peru, and Brazil. Priorto joining the USCCB, Carroll spent 20 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore'sOffice of Urban Affairs, an inner city program which served over 64 parishesand schools, and provided staff assistance to the Lawrence Cardinal ShehanScholarship Fund.

In1988 she received the prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Award for Civil Rightsfrom the Archdiocese of Baltimore; and in 2008, the Excellence in LeadershipAward from the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators.

Shereceived an honorary doctorate of human letters from Siena College in 1999.

TheNational Black Catholic Congress is comprised of member organizations that representAfrican American Catholics, working in collaboration with National Catholicorganizations.

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Keywords: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB,Secretariat for Cultural Diversity, Secretariat for African American Catholics,evangelization

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