Fifty-eight Diocese of Fall River parishioners received the Marian Award from Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha during a ceremony Nov. 30, according to a community announcement.

First presented in 1968, the annual award recognizes diocesan parishioners for their dedicated service to the church. Recipients are nominated for the award by their pastor.

The Marian Award is a pewter medal embossed with a Madonna and Child Jesus image on one side and the Fall River Diocesan coat-of-arms on the other.

Here is a list of this year's recipients:

Attleboro Deanery

Victoria J. Carter, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, Seekonk; Lillian Costello, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Seekonk; Patrica M. Healey, Transfiguration of the Lord Parish, North Attleboro; Thomas L. Jarbeau, St. Mary Parish, Norton; Kathl

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