The Church in America

Cardinal Seán O’Malley bestows the Archdiocese of Boston's Cheverus Award Medals to laypersons, deacons and religious during an afternoon prayer service on Sunday, November 26 in Cathedral of The Holy Cross. First presented in 2008 at the conclusion of the archdiocese’s bicentennial, the award recognizes Catholics for their dedicated service to the Church. The medal is named for the city’s first bishop, Jean-Louis Anne Magdelaine Lefebvre de Cheverus, who led the diocese from 1808 until his return to France in 1824 where he died in 1836 as the Archbishop of Bordeaux.