Professor Giuseppe Alberigo received The Living Water Award in 2006. At the time the award was presented in Leuven at the conclusion of "The Contribution of the Belgians to the Second Vatican Council" conference, Professor Alberigo was the Director of the Istituto per le Scienze Religiose in Bologna and the guiding figure behind the world-acclaimed, five-volume History of Vatican II.

The Cardinal Suenens Living Water Award is made every second year and honors women and men whose life and work reflect the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. The award provides the gift of 'living' water (John 7:38) to people whose source of water is either acutely limited or non-existent.

Recipients of the Cardinal Suenens Living Water Award:

1996 - Joseph Cardinal Bernardin of Chicago and Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Funds provided for irrigation systems in Tanzania.
Award presented to Cardinal Bernardin at JCU during the 1996 Suenens Inaugural Conference.
Award presented in New York City to Mother Teresa by Mrs. Margaret F. Grace.

1998 - Godfried Cardinal Danneels of Belgium
Funds provided for water wells for the people of the Meguet region of Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Award presented to Cardinal Danneels by Prof. Donnelly at JCU during his visit to our campus to deliver the first Margaret F. Grace Lecture.

2000 - Franz Cardinal König of Vienna
Funds provided for water for agricultural use in Bosnia Herzegovina.
Award presented to Cardinal Konig by Prof. Donnelly in Vienna, Austria.

2002 - Roberto Cardinal Tucci, SJ
Funds provided for wells in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Award presented to Cardinal Tucci by Fr. Edward Glynn and Prof. Donnelly during Board of Trustees' visit to Rome, Italy, in 2002.

2004 - Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
Funds provided for water was provided in Darfur, Sudan.
Award presented to Sister Prejean by Prof. Donnelly at the conclusion of the Margaret F. Grace Lecture - 2004.

2006 - Professor Giuseppe Alberigo
Paroquia São Pedro in Brazil received funds to support the construction of wells.
Award presented to Professor Alberigo by Prof. Donnelly at the conclusion of "The Contribution of the Belgians to VCII" conference in Leuven, Belgium.