Category Archives: Voice of the Voiceless Award

Voice of the Voiceless 2008 – Father Roy Bourgeois, MM

By Ruben Garcia | Published: April 21, 2008
Annunciation House presented its 2008 VOICE OF THE VOICELESS AWARD to Roy Bourgeois on May 17th. Awarded the Purple Heart as an officer in the U.S. Navy, Roy Bourgeois was ordained a Maryknoll priest in 1972. Sent to Bolivia to work with the poosr, he was arrested by security forces and forced to leave Bolivia. His [...]
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Voice of Voiceless Award: Cardinal Mahony

By KathyRevtyak | Published: December 1, 2007
  A Tireless Advocate for Immigrant Justice: Mahony Accepts Voice of Voiceless Award in El Paso by Kathy Revtyak “No estamos rendidos! Estamos aqui hoy para pedirles que no se desanimen y que no pierdan la esperanza. Tenemos que seguir luchando y vamos a seguir luchando!” (We have not given up! We are here today to ask you not [...]
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Voice of the Voicless Award 2007

By admin | Published: April 14, 2007
On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Sensenbrenner-King bill, otherwise known as HR 4437, one of the most anti-immigrant pieces of legislation ever passed by the US House of Representatives, Annunciation House is announcing its 2007 Voice of the Voiceless Award recipient. For long-time advocacy and solidarity with immigrants and the [...]
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2003 VOICELESS AWARD: Samuel Ruiz, Bishop Eméritasof San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México

By admin | Published: October 10, 2003
Samuel Ruiz was born on the 3rd November, 1924, in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. After entering the seminary in 1937, he was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1949. After further study in Rome, Ruiz was appointed professor and rector of the seminary in Leon, Guanajuato. In 1959, he was appointed bishop. He was the first [...]
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