2026 Healy Dinner
& Celebration

Saturday, November 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Seaport Hotel, Boston

2026 Healy
Dinner
&
Celebration

Saturday
November 7, 2026
Time: 6 PM – 9 PM
Seaport Hotel, Boston

Rooted in Faith, Standing for Peace.

Rooted in Faith,
Standing for Peace.

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33rd Annual

All are welcome to attend the 33rd Annual Healy Dinner and Celebration! The evening will include:

  • An opportunity for wonderful fellowship and music.
  • A celebration to honor:


    Hyacinth Crichlow (recipient of the 2026 Bishop James Augustine Healy Award)

    Father Pierre Antoine DesRuisseaux, C.Ss.R. (recipient of the 2026 Robert L. Ruffin Award)

    Anna McReynolds (recipient of the 2026 Meyer J. Chambers Award)

Award Honorees

Hyacinth Crichlow

Bishop James Augustine Healy Award

Father Pierre Antoine DesRuisseaux, C.Ss.R.

Robert L. Ruffin Award

Anna McReynolds

Meyer J. Chambers Award

Guest Speaker

We are pleased to welcome this year’s guest speaker, John Barros, Interim Executive Director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.

John Barros

Past Honorees

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Event Details

Location: Seaport Hotel, Boston
Address: 1 Seaport Ln., Boston, MA 02210
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Registration

Ticket Price: $85
Registration Closes: Monday, October 26, 2026

Parking

Self-Parking

  • Use GPS to navigate to Two Seaport Lane and park in the Commonwealth Pier Garage, located beneath the Seaport Hotel.
  • Take your parking ticket with you inside to the dinner.
  • Have your ticket validated at the bar to receive the special event rate of $24.00. Without validation, the standard garage rate will apply, so please remember to stop by the bar before you leave.

Valet Parking

  • Use GPS to navigate to Two Seaport Lane.
  • Let the  attendant know that you are attending the Bishop Healy Award Dinner to receive the $44.00 valet special rate.

Healy Dinner Through the Years

Local news in brief

November 5, 2004

The Archdiocese of Boston Office for Black Catholics named Tipp Harris as the recipient of the 2004 Bishop James Augustine Healy Award…

Two honored for dedication to the Black Catholic community

November 23, 2007

The Office of Cultural Diversity honored a Dorchester parishioner and a Roxbury parish priest at the annual Black Catholic Awards Night on Nov. 17…

Local news in brief

November 5, 2004

The Archdiocese of Boston Office for Black Catholics named Tipp Harris as the recipient of the 2004 Bishop James Augustine Healy Award…

Priest, sister honored for service to black Catholic community

November 27, 2009

On Nov. 21 Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley presented the Bishop James Augustine Healy award to Father Russell Best, former pastor of St. John-St. Hugh Church…

Roxbury parishioner receives annual Healy Award

December 17, 2010

Alvin Shiggs, a parishioner at St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Roxbury, was presented with this year’s Bishop James Augustine Healy Award last month…

Black Catholic community honors ‘good examples’

November 25, 2011

Three hundred sixty six guests nearly filled the Grand Ballroom at The Lantana on Nov. 19 for the presentation of the 2011 Healy Award to The Honorable Antoinette E. McLean Leoney…

Healy Dinner
Through the Years

Local news in brief

November 5, 2004

The Archdiocese of Boston Office for Black Catholics named Tipp Harris as the recipient of the 2004 Bishop James Augustine Healy Award…

Two honored for dedication to the Black Catholic community

November 23, 2007

The Office of Cultural Diversity honored a Dorchester parishioner and a Roxbury parish priest at the annual Black Catholic Awards Night on Nov. 17…

Local news in brief

November 5, 2004

The Archdiocese of Boston Office for Black Catholics named Tipp Harris as the recipient of the 2004 Bishop James Augustine Healy Award…

Priest, sister honored for service to black Catholic community

November 27, 2009

On Nov. 21 Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley presented the Bishop James Augustine Healy award to Father Russell Best, former pastor of St. John-St. Hugh Church…

Roxbury parishioner receives annual Healy Award

December 17, 2010

Alvin Shiggs, a parishioner at St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Roxbury, was presented with this year’s Bishop James Augustine Healy Award last month…

Black Catholic community honors ‘good examples’

November 25, 2011

Three hundred sixty six guests nearly filled the Grand Ballroom at The Lantana on Nov. 19 for the presentation of the 2011 Healy Award to The Honorable Antoinette E. McLean Leoney…

Become a Sponsor

Sponsorship opportunities are being offered at three different levels: Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Gold ($2,500)

includes:

  • Tickets for 6 people
  • Featured on website sponsor page
  • Thanked publicly during Healy Award Dinner

Silver ($1,000)

includes:

  • Tickets for 4 people
  • Listing on website sponsor page
  • Thanked publicly at Healy Dinner

Bronze ($500)

includes:

  • Tickets for 2 people
  • Listing on website sponsor page

All sponsorships below the bronze level are welcome and sponsors will be listed on the website. Good will donations are also welcome.

To become a sponsor, contact healydinner@rcab.org.

Buy an Ad

This year we’ll be selling digital ads that will be posted on the Healy website! (No ads will be printed in the program).

See the digital ad options below.

Full graphic – 1080 x 1080 graphic* – $125
Company logo – provided in a high res .png or .jpg file – $50
Memorial message – 280 character message – $25

*All graphics must be supplied as a .jpg or .png file

To purchase an ad, contact healydinner@rcab.org.

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