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Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

070822 Timothy AwardMORGANTON — Maria Sic, a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Church, was recently named the winner of the Diocese of Charlotte’s St. Timothy Award in recognition of her faith-filled service and example to others.

A recent graduate of Burke Middle College, she will attend Furman University this fall to pursue a career in medicine.

The St. Timothy Award is a diocesan award given annually to outstanding high school juniors and seniors who work zealously to improve their own parish ministry programs, high school ministry teams or youth ministry in the Charlotte diocese.

Nominees must be Catholic and exemplify the qualities of moral integrity, prayer, good works and Christian leadership.

— Gail Watson