The John S. Mulholland Family Foundation has announced that Father John Adams and Monsignor John Enzler will receive the 2017 John S. Mulholland Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented at A CAPITAL EVENING IV on Friday, November 10, 2017 at The Capital Hilton.
Father John Adams
The Award is presented each year to individuals who have provided inspiration to the Foundation through their lifetime of service to the poor. Last year’s honoree was Stephen Rosenberg, Founder and President of Greystone (greyco.com).
Monsignor John Enzler
Father Adams has been the President of SOME (So Others Might Eat) (some.org) for more than 35 years. SOME is an interfaith, community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation’s capital. They meet the immediate daily needs of the people they serve with food, clothing, and health care. SOME helps break the cycle of homelessness by offering services, such as affordable housing, job training, addiction treatment, and counseling, to the poor, the elderly and individuals with mental illness. Last year, SOME served over 380,000 meals, 14,500 sets of clothing, 3,500 doctor/dentist visits — as well as emergency housing, comprehensive addiction services, support and care of the homeless, safe and affordable housing, intensive job training, and a host of other services.
Monsignor Enzler has been the President and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington (catholiccharitiesdc.org) for more than six years. Catholic Charities works to create a world in which every person is cherished, regardless of individual limitations, and strengthened in the use of personal gifts in order to reach his or her full potential as a valued member of the community. They provide a wide variety of service including food assistance, housing and shelters, employment and adult education, medical and dental and mental health care, help for children and adults with disabilities, prison outreach, help for immigrants and refugees, services for infants and expecting parents, substance abuse, and much more.
Both Catholic priests for many years, Adams and Enzler have devoted their lives to care of the “least among us” (MT 25:31-46) and their individual accomplishments in this arena are many.
“Father Adams and Monsignor Enzler, and their organizations, collectively provide more care for the hungry, thirsty, homeless and poor than any other person or organization in the entire Washington region, hands down,” stated Brian M. Mulholland, Chairman and President, “We are privileged and delighted they will both join us November 10th so we may recognize them for the inspiration they provide to scores of organizations such as ours, and thousands of volunteers who are committed to serving others.”