Pierre Toussaint scholars and alumni were among the 300 guests attending the Pierre Toussaint Scholarship Fund Awards Dinner at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan Oct. 10.
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Cardinal Dolan, left, accepts the award given posthumously to Msgr. Paul A. Lenz, a former national director of the Black and Indian Mission Office, from Brother Tyrone Davis, C.F.C., executive director of the archdiocesan Office of Black Ministry.
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Father John P. Duffell, pastor of the Blessed Sacrament parish in Manhattan, and Jerome Pannell, assistant principal of student services at La Salle Academy in Manhattan, accepted the posthumous award to Msgr. Howard W. Calkins, a former pastor of parishes in the archdiocese; at right is Cardinal Dolan.
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Dr. Pernessa C. Steele, founder and CEO of The Balm in Gilead, was a 2017 Pierre Toussaint medallion recipient.