Public Honors and Events
About the award: The Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan award is named for the late Fr. Sheehan, who served as archbishop of Omaha from 1969 to 1993. It is presented annually at the Priests and Brothers Dinner event to recognize a priest or brother assigned to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha, or to one of the adjacent diocese: Lincoln, Grand Island, Sioux City or Des Moines. The recipient should manifest qualities of his personal life that would mark him as cultured, and a person of high moral principal and they should be distinguished for service to society, the Church and to education. This award was formerly known as the Presidential Citation. It was renamed the Archbishop Sheehan Award in 2001.
Past recipients:
2017
Anthony Michael Milone
Retired
2016
Rev. Gary Lee Ostrander
St. Patrick Parish
Elkhorn, NE
2015
Rev. Joseph A. Miksch
Pastor, St. Isidore Parish
Columbus, NE
2013
Rev. Michael W. Grewe
Pastor, St. Patrick Parish
Gretna, NE
Rev. David M. Korth
Pastor, St. Augustine Parish
Winnebago, NE
2012
Rev. Donald W. Shane
Pastor, St. Robert Bellarmine Parish
2011
Rev. James R. Golka
Pastor, St. Patrick’s Church
North Platte, NE
2010
Rev. James E. Keiter, Assumption Parish
President, Saint Peter Claver Cristo Rey High School
President, Assumption–Guadalupe Grade School
2009
Rev. Thomas M. Fangman
Sacred Heart Parish
2008
Rev. Msgr. James Raymond Cain
Archdiocese of Omaha
2007
Rev. Thomas A. Greisen
Archdiocese of Omaha, Office of Lay Ministry Formation
2006
Msgr. Edgar J. Wortmann
Blessed Sacrament Parish
2005
The Redemptorists of Holy Name Parish
2004
Rev. Daniel John Kampschneider
Pastor, St. Philip Neri
2003
Rev. Damien Zuerlien
Pastor, Our Lady of Guadalupe and
St. Agnes Catholic Church
2002
Rev. Steven E. Boes
Pastor, St. Augustine Parish
St. Augustine Indian Mission
2001
Rev. James V. Kramper
Pastor, Sacred Heart, Emerson, Neb.
2000 *
Rev. Msgr. Edward Ryan Patrick Kelly
Council Bluffs, IA
1998 *
Fr. Liam M. Barr, Pastor
Sts. Mary & Joseph Church
Valparaiso, NE
1997 *
Rev. Anthony Tresnak
Retired pastor
Archdiocese of Omaha
1996 *
Msgr. Charles F. Broderson, Retired pastor
St. Stanislav – Omaha
St. Joseph Center for Mental Health
1995 *
Rev. James P. Scholz, Pastor
Sacred Heart
Omaha, NE
1994 *
Bro. William J. Woeger
St. Cecilia’s Cathedral
Omaha, NE
1993 *
Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan
Archbishop, Omaha Archdiocese
1992 *
Rt. Rev. Raphael E. Walsh, Former Abbot
Mt. Michael Benedictine High School
Omaha, NE
1991 *
Rev. Lawrence J. Dorsey, Co-Pastor
St. Gerald’s Church
Ralston, NE
1990 *
Rev. Thomas F. O’Brien, Pastor
St. Pius X Church
Omaha, NE
1990 *
Msgr. Russell M. Bleich, Pastor
St. Edward Rectory
Waterloo, NE
(Presented at Alumni Club event)
1989 *
Rev. Peter F. Dunne, Pastor
St. Margaret Mary’s
Omaha, NE
1988 *
Rev. James E. Gilg, Director and Principal
Fr. Flanagan High School
Omaha, NE
1987 *
Rev. R. Patrick McCaslin, Director of the Omaha
Archdiocese Diaconate Program
Pastor, St. Leo’s Parish
Omaha, NE
1986 *
Rev. Dennis A. Hanneman, Director of Religious Education
Archdiocese of Omaha
1985 *
Rev. James F. Schwertley, Pastor
St. John’s Church
Fort Calhoun, NE
1984 *
Rev. Frank L. Hoelck, Pastor
St. Patrick’s Parish
Sidney, NE
1984 *
Rev. Valentine Peter, Deputy Director of Youth Care
Boystown
Omaha, NE
1983 *
Nicholas A. Nittler, O.S.B., Dean of Students
Mt. Michael Benedictine High School
Omaha, NE
1982 *
Rev. Aloysius Joseph McMahon, Pastor
Saint Frances Cabrini
Omaha, NE
1981 *
Rev. Msg. James K. Lafferty, Superintendent of Education
Diocese of Sioux City, IA
* This award was issued as a Presidential Citation from 1981 to 2000
