Mercy sister, Mexican American Cultural Center win Flores award

Published: 2007-10-10

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Mexican American Cultural Center and Mercy Sister Maria Elena Gonzalez, both of San Antonio, have been selected as the latest recipients of the Archbishop Patrick F. Flores Award Medal for Leadership in Hispanic Ministry. The award, conferred by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Hispanic Affairs and announced in Washington, will be given to the winners at a Nov. 11 ceremony in Baltimore during the committee's meeting, which coincides with the U.S. bishops' fall general meeting. Sister Gonzalez recently stepped down after 14 years as president of the Mexican American Cultural Center. She also was the first woman chancellor for the Diocese of Lubbock, Texas, and one of the first U.S. women diocesan chancellors. She also served for eight years as a consultant to the bishops' Hispanic affairs committee. She also has served on the Sisters of Mercy's leadership team, has been a missionary to Guatemala, and served on the Census Bureau's race and ethnicity committee for the 2000 Census.

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