This was the inaugural year of the Sister Maria Goretti Zehr Music Ministry Volunteer Award.

here were two recipients: Gabriella Fresquez (pictured left), a UIW freshman who dedicated quite a bit of time and energy both to the music ministry and Music Ministry Office this year as well as being the great-niece of Sr. Catalina Fresquez, CCVI, and Sister Mary Margaret Bright, CCVI (pictured right with William Gokelman, professor of music, and Lena Gokelman, coordinator of music ministry).

Sr. Mary Margaret Bright, CCVI was one of the founding members of the “Chapel Choir,” as it was initially called back in the 1990s. She has dedicated many years of service to this choir and, upon her return to San Antonio after her retirement, the Laudate Choir.