Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob and more than 750 supporters gathered March 4 to honor outstanding educators, parish leaders and community supporters advancing Catholic education across the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob stands with recipients of the Catholic Herald Teacher of the Year Award during the Archbishop’s Annual Catholic Schools Dinner on March 4, 2026. Honorees were (left to right) Martha Perez (Nativity Jesuit Academy, Milwaukee), Melissa Buechel (Holy Trinity School, Kewaskum), Isabel Warning (Dominican High School, Whitefish Bay), Archbishop Grob, Litza Janowski (Blessed Sacrament School, Milwaukee), Colleen Parks (St. Mary’s Visitation School, Elm Grove) and Jennifer Denten (Catholic Memorial High School, Waukesha). (Photo by Chris Schulteis)
Rick and Nickie Schmidt stand with Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob as they receive the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for Community Support during the Archbishop’s Annual Catholic Schools Dinner on March 4. The Schmidts were honored for their extraordinary generosity, leadership and steadfast commitment to strengthening Catholic education and ministries throughout the archdiocese. (Photo by Chris Schulteis)
Marquette University High School Principal Jeff Monday was the recipient of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for an Educator. He has dedicated nearly four decades to Catholic school leadership, including 16 years as principal of Marquette. Monday is shown with Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob with the award, a portrait of the patron saint of Catholic schools and educators. (Photo by Chris Schulteis)
Featured speaker, and recipient of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for a Priest, Fr. Tony Zimmer, reminds guests at the Archbishop’s Annual Catholic Schools Dinner of the importance of passing on the traditions of faith in schools. Fr. Zimmer, Pastor of St. Anthony on the Lake , Pewaukee, has devoted more than 40 years of priestly ministry to Catholic education across the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. (Photo by Chris Schulteis)
