Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

The Golden Rose Award

 

What is the Golden Rose Award? The Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women annually recognizes exemplary young women across the diocese by awarding them the Golden Rose Award. Each of the recipients are practicing Catholics exemplifying the characteristics of leadership, spirituality, and the ability to initiate and complete a meaningful service project.

The 36 young women who are the recipients of the Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women 2025 Golden Rose Award, shown here following a Mass in their honor on Feb. 2, 2025, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Venice.

 

One of 36 Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women 2025 Golden Rose Award recipients receives a certificate from Bishop Frank J. Dewane following a Mass in their honor on Feb. 2, 2025, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Venice.

2025 Golden Rose Award Recipients

Juliana Anderson  Our Lady of the Angels Parish

Laura Gabriela Atala-Vega  St. Catherine Catholic School

Verushka Bautista-Cedeno  St. Therese Parish

Kiersten Bosse   St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Serafina Colonneso  St. Joseph Parish

Gianna Demino  Our Lady of the Angels Parish

Amanda Dente   Our Lady of Light Parish

Serena Estevez   St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish

Sarah Falla   San Marco Parish

Valeria Gonzalez  Epiphany Cathedral

Josephine (Josie) Gregorio  St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish

Lunna Guajardo  St. Michael Parish

Eve Hare  Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School

Taylor Hennessey  St. Ann Parish

Vallerie Kappelmann   St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Evelyn Lona-De La Cruz  Holy Cross Parish

Madalyn (Maddie) McCombie  San Pedro Parish

Fatima Munoz  Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish

Emma Old  Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord

Caroline May Papa  St. John XXIII Catholic Church

Cristina Peterson  St. Joseph Parish

Samantha Petrilli  Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School

Megan Polaszek   Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

Sherlin Ortega Razo  Sacred Heart Parish

Sofia Elisabeth Rodriguez  St. Charles Borromeo Parish

Julia Rook  St. John the Evangelist Parish

Maria Serpa   St. Cecilia Parish

Dorothy Sinka   St. Agnes Parish

Carys Smith  Epiphany Cathedral

Ellie Smith   St. Vincent DePaul Parish

Pepper Tocco   St. William Parish

Gabriela Tomas-Sebastian   Jesus the Worker Parish

Tatiana Marie Jade Turek  St. John Neumann High School

Kacey Uhran  St. Thomas More Parish

Chloe Marie Vigneault  St. Katharine Drexel Parish 

 

 

To learn more about this year’s Golden Rose Awards Ceremony,
check out the story in the Florida Catholic, here!