Awards & Celebration
The biennial Justice Reimagined invites advocates from across the country for collective envisioning.
Please join us on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Washington, DC for the biennial Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration.
Honoring prominent anti-death penalty leaders:
Elizabeth Bruenig
Staff writer at The Atlantic; Acclaimed journalist and renowned author on capital punishment
Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley
Archbishop of Oklahoma City; President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Save the Date!
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
6:30 – 9 P.M.
Apostolic Nunciature
Washington, DC
Tickets available July 2026
Event Host Committee:
Sr. Rita Ann Teichman, CSJ
Chair, Justice Reimagined Host Committee; Chair, CMN Board of Directors
C. Maury Devine
Most Rev. Shelton J. Fabre
Archbishop of Louisville; Chair, USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development
Most Rev. Daniel E. Flores
Bishop of Brownsville; Vice President, USCCB; Episcopal Moderator, CMN Board of Directors
Alexia Kelley
President and CEO, FADICA
Dr. Peter Kilpatrick
President, The Catholic University of America
Patricia McGuire
President, Trinity University
Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
Renowned anti-death penalty advocate; 2019 CMN Awardee, Lifetime Achievement Award
Gloria Purvis
Renowned Catholic scholar, speaker, and journalist
Kerry Robinson
President and CEO, Catholic Charities USA
Douglas Sandvig
Prison Ministry Committee, Federal Association of the Order of Malta
Syl and Vicki Schieber
Renowned anti-death penalty advocates
2022 CMN Awardees, Reimagining Justice Award
Sr. Carol Zinn, SSJ
Executive Director, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Ticketing and Sponsorships
Tickets for Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration will become available in July 2026. Please mark your calendars if you plan to join us.
Ticket Pricing:
Amicus Ticket – $200
Young Professionals Ticket – $75
Individuals and organizations are invited to sponsor the event. Details below.
Sponsorship Opportunities
VISIONARY ($15,000+)
Includes 10 tickets, verbal recognition during the event, full-page ad in program, recognition in program and event news release
CHAMPION ($10,000)
Includes 8 tickets, full-page ad in program, recognition in program and event news release
PARTNER ($5,000)
Includes 5 tickets, half-page ad in program, and recognition in program
COLLABORATOR ($2,500)
Includes 3 tickets, quarter-page ad in program, and recognition in program
ADVOCATE ($1,500)
Includes 2 tickets and recognition in program
Why we Gather
Every other year, CMN hosts the Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration. It’s a night to honor dedicated advocates, inspirational visionaries, and many others who join us in the work to end the death penalty, advance justice, and begin healing. The event brings together faithful, justice-oriented people from all across the country for a night of collective envisioning of the future we hope to build.
Sponsor the Event:
If you’re ready to make a sponsorship contribution online today by credit card or e-check, please follow the link below to complete your payment.
To make a commitment today and pay at a future date by check or another payment method, please follow the link below to make your pledge.
Our 2026 Sponsors:
Visionary
– Andrea and Dcn. Steve Kaneb
Champion
– Richard Kelly
– Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange
Partner
– C. Maury Devine
– Peter and Nancy Kilpatrick
– Patrick Malone & Associates; Patrick & Vicki Malone
Collaborator
– Kathleen A. Curran
– Georgetown University
Advocate
– Conference of Major Superiors of Men
– William O’Keefe
Meet Our Previous Awardees
Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ, Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
Most Rev. Joseph A. Fiorenza, Dignity and Life Award (2019)
Karen Clifton, Founders Award (2019)
His Eminence Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Archbishop Fiorenza Dignity & Life Award (2022)
Vicki & Syl Schieber, Reimagining Justice Award (2022)
Katherine Scott, First Place Winner of the Justice & Mercy Poetry Contest (2022)
Herman Lindsey on behalf of Witness to Innocence, Reimagining Justice Award (2024)
Dale Recinella, Archbishop Fiorenza Dignity & Life Award (2024)
Katie Painter, First Place Winner of the Justice & Mercy Poetry Contest (2024)
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