With the objective of valuing, stimulating and energizing ecclesial and pastoral life, the archdiocese of São Paulo-SP (Brazil) established the SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE MEDAL. Carmen De Ciccio, Conceptionist nun, director of the María Inmaculada de San Pablo School, was chosen to receive the medal for Christian education.

With the aim of valuing, stimulating and energizing ecclesial and pastoral life, the archdiocese of São Paulo-SP (Brazil) has awarded the SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE MEDAL. Carmen De Ciccio, Conceptionist missionary teaching nun, director of the María Inmaculada de San Pablo School, was chosen to receive the medal for Christian education.

The Saint Paul the Apostle Medal, instituted in 2015 within the framework of the commemorations of the 270 years of the creation of the Diocese of San Pablo, shows in the front view the effigy of the apostle Saint Paul, patron of the Archdiocese and on the other side, the front façade of the metropolitan cathedral of Saint Paul. Each medal is accompanied by a corresponding diploma.

In the Decree of institution of the medal, the archbishop of San Pablo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, recalled that "all the baptized were constituted as the people of God and are participants in the priestly, prophetic and royal ministry of Christ himself" and added that the tribute is also an "incentive for ecclesial and pastoral life to flourish more abundantly in that immense City."
The Judging Commission of the “Saint Paul Apostle Medal” chose the 10 contemplated with the recognition award of the archdiocese, which was presented on September 1, 2016, at 8 p.m., in the Monastery of San Benito', San Pablo.

The winners are:

Medal for Lay Testimony, Ana Maria Alexandre and Luiz Carlos Pietro Alexandre;
Medal for Priestly Service, Cônego Celso Pedro da Silva;
Medal for Charitable Action and Human Promotion, Father João Inácio Mildner;
Medal for Missionary Action, Olga Zanella;
Medal for Innovation in Pastoral Methodology, Fr. Gianpietro Carraro;
Medal for Christian Education, Sister. Carmen De Ciccio
Medal for the Defense and Promotion of Life and Human Dignity, Fr. Paolo Parise;
Medal for Culture, Heliópolis Symphony Orchestra;
Medal for Communication: TV New Song;
Medal for Social Service: Nuestra Señora del Buen Parto Social Center.
January 26, 2022