King Mohamed VI honoured four Spanish Daughters of Charity, residents in Tangier, Morocco. The king praised the work of the Daughters of Charity at an orphanage in Alhucemas. Cick Read more to learn about other civic awards.

“I know your work and we appreciate it very much”, Mohamed VI, king of Morocco, said in Spanish to sisters Rafaela del Campo and Fermina Suarez, Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent of Paul. Afterwards the King conferred on them the Grand Order of the “wissam alaui”, one of the most outstanding awards in his Kingdom.

It is the first time that King Mohamed VI imposed the “wissam alauí” on foreign religious settled in Morocco.

A sample other civic recognition of the work of the Daughters of Charity

• Sr. Breege Keenan D.C. who was presented with the Special Judges Award for her pioneering work with asylum seekers and refugees in the Vincentian Refugee Centre. Last week the Africa Centre hosted their 5th World Refugee Day Awards in Ireland.
• Time Magazine has named Sr. Caol Keehan, DC as one of the 100 Most Influential People 2010.
• On Monday 29th May 2007, The Daughters of Charity were among the community leaders recognised for their ˜inspirational service in this year’sDublin Lord Mayor’s Awards Ceremony which took place in the Mansion House, Dublin. Sr. Catherine Prendergast, Provincial of the Daughters of Charity in Ireland, received the award on behalf of the community and expressed her appreciation for this great honour.
• Sister Sabina Iragui Redin, DC was awarded the Servant of Peace Award from the Path to Peace Foundation. This foundation in collaboration with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, directs its activities primarily  to the international stage of the United Nations.
• The annual Gawad Kalasag Awards in the Philippines honor organizations and individuals who make outstanding contributions to helping with the impact of disasters such as Typhoon Reming.
• The Daughters of Charity received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Concorde 2005 “for their exceptional social and humanitarian work in supporting the disadvantaged, developed in an exemplary way over almost four centuries” and also “for their promotion, throughout the world, of the values of justice, peace and solidarity,” as described in the jury’s report. The Daughters of Charity work in 93 countries with cooperative projects for development and for help to marginalized persons.

If you know of others we have missed please contact us. (We know of major award in South America  a few years ago but at the moment can not identify it.)