We were honored to present the 2024 Venerable Matteo Ricci Award to the Maryknoll Society at the 29th USCCA International Conference. The award was received by Fr. Tim Kilkelly, M.M., on behalf of Maryknoll.
The US-China Catholic Association presented the Venerable Matteo Ricci Award on August 3, 2024 to the China Educators and Formators Project. This award was granted in recognition of the Maryknoll's generous contribution to the graduate education of 175 Chinese priests, sisters, seminarians, and laity, and for building friendship and dialogue between the people of China and the USA.
About the USCCA's Venerable Matteo Ricci Award
Matteo Ricci and his principles of friendship have gained long-standing relevance and respect in China. It was through Ricci's faith and wisdom, gained through his desire to immerse himself in the Chinese language and Chinese culture, that personal relationships matured and strengthened. China and the world came to know and appreciate the spirituality grounded in Matteo Ricci's principles.
Matteo Ricci's legacy continues to be widely respected today.
The guiding criteria of selecting honorees is based on the premise that each recipient has contributed significantly o the cross-cultural bridge-building endeavors with China.
We are thankful to all who represent Matteo Ricci's principles with China. Among us at the 2024 conference were two previous recipients of the Ricci Award: Dr. Xiaoxin Wu of the Ricci Institute at Boston College (2013) and Dr. Brent Fulton (with Joann Pittman) of ChinaSource (2021).
We believe Matteo Ricci continues to be a relevant and contemporary voice. The USCCA honorees know and represent the legacies of Matteo Ricci as we continue the USCCA presence of friendship into the future.
The 29th USCCA International Conference was held on August 2–4, 2024, on DePaul University's Lincoln Park campus. We invite you to view media from the conference on the Conference 29 Media page.
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