Each year the Guild honors one of our members with the Woman of the Year Award at the Spring Mass & Luncheon. This award recognizes a member of the Guild who has shown exceptional service and dedication to the church and the community. It is given to a woman who is an inspiration for all of us as she models faithfulness to God and the virtues of humility, generosity, and compassion.

Section 1: Nominations

The President shall send out a request for nominations to all Guild members at least three months in advance of the Spring Luncheon. Members will have at least a month to submit their nominations. Nominations must be submitted by the expressed deadline. Each year, considerations from the past year nominations may be considered again for nomination.

All nominations must be submitted to the Pastor for approval. Women available for nomination:

● Current members, Sustaining members, or past Guild members

● Current Executive Board members are EXEMPT from nomination.

Section 2: Voting

The President shall create a Nomination Report that includes all the nominations submitted for all members to read and consider.

The President shall create a ballot from the nominations submitted to send to all members of the Guild.

Each member of the Guild will have one vote, electronic or written submitted to the President of the Guild by a specific due date. Each of the Circles will have one vote towards the Woman of the year. Then the Circle members’ votes will be tallied towards the Circle’s vote. Each Circle regardless of membership size and total voting population will submit one vote from their majority votes. The Sustaining members’ votes will be tallied as one vote for the Sustaining member pool.

The Woman of the Year honor will be bestowed upon the woman with the highest number of Circle votes.

This will remain a highly confidential process to protect the dignity and grace of all women nominated.