2022 Dare to Understand Awards

This event will be both in-person and livestreamed

Join Interfaith Philadelphia as we celebrate two of our home-grown heroes, Monsignor Michael Carroll and Sister Maria Hornung, MMS, and highlight the contribution of the Catholic community to interfaith work.

This year, we turn our focus to the untold stories, the seemingly ordinary yet extraordinarily significant actions of our local leaders. Msgr. Carroll and Sr. Maria contributed to the foundational components of Philadelphia’s bridges to understanding, the bridges over which we still walk, often without noticing.  Join us to hear the stories of the role of the Catholic community in laying the cornerstones of interfaith work in Philadelphia.

Msgr. Carroll and Sr. Maria’s groundbreaking work was rooted in Philadelphia, yet their reach has extended far beyond. We are thrilled to honor their leadership, rooted in Catholic social teachings, and their commitment to interfaith work in the Philadelphia region.

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This special Awards program will also feature 2022 Philadelphia Poet Laureate, Airea Dee Matthews!

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Join us as we highlight these champions of interfaith work who helped build critical supports for the bridges across which we travel today.