St. Paul’s High School is pleased to announce Dr. Jerome Cranston as the 2025 Ignatian Challenge Award recipient for the 30th Annual Tribute Dinner on November 18, 2025.
“It is with profound respect and admiration that I share the news that Dr. Jerome Cranston will be honoured as the 2025 Ignatian Challenge Award recipient,” states Kevin Booth ’78, President of St. Paul’s High School. “As a former principal of St. Paul’s and a lifelong educator formed in the Ignatian tradition, Dr. Cranston has devoted his life to forming young people and adults, and transforming communities through justice, scholarship and service. His tireless pursuit of equity and his global efforts to uplift the marginalized exemplify the Jesuit call to be men and women for others. Dr. Cranston embodies the Ignatian spirit of reflection, action and accompaniment – walking with the excluded and working to build a more hopeful, just and compassionate world. We are privileged to recognize his extraordinary faith in action.”
Read the full announcement here.
Proceeds from the Tribute Dinner support the St. Paul's High School Bursary Fund.
SAVE THE DATE!
The 30th annual Ignatian Challenge Award Tribute dinner will take place on:
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Location: RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
In addition to honouring our award winners, this event brings together over 800 alumni, parents and friends of St. Paul’s for an evening of celebration and friendship while raising money for the bursary funds. Various contribution levels are available. For your support, you will receive:
Priority Seating at the Event | Passes to the VIP Reception | Recognition in Marketing Materials including St. Paul's website | Acknowledgement in the St. Paul's Annual Giving Report (viewed by more than 7,000 people) |
Please contact Kerri Moore to inquire at kjmoore@stpauls.mb.ca or (204) 831-2325
In the 2024-25 school year, one in five students, who could not otherwise afford to attend St. Paul’s High School, received tuition assistance totalling over $710,000.
The Ignatian Challenge Award recognizes individuals within our community who embrace the ideals of St. Ignatius Loyola and who reflect the characteristics and qualities inherent in a Jesuit education at St. Paul's High School. Award recipients, through their leadership and commitment to service, become examples for our students of a lived faith and philosophy of becoming men and women for others. The award is bestowed annually at the St. Paul's High School Tribute Dinner.
Make a difference in the lives of students at St. Paul's High School and join us in celebrating the example of community leadership provided by this year's honouree.
The proceeds of the annual Tribute Dinner support the bursary program, an essential aspect of a Jesuit education, ensuring accessibility to all qualified applicants.
Your support of the annual Tribute Dinner is essential for us to meet our challenge of not turning away any qualified student for financial reasons.
Please contact Ms. Kerri Moore, (204) 831-2325, to purchase tickets or to become a sponsor of the Ignatian Challenge Award Tribute Dinner.
Head of Advancement & Special Projects
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