Sister Kathleen Hughes has been named the recipient of the 2004 Frederick R. McManus Award for her contributions to Catholic liturgy. The award, which is given annually, will be presented October 15 in Orlando at the annual meeting of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions.

Sister Hughes is the ninth person, and the second woman, to receive the award, which was established in 1995. Previous recipients have included Bishop Donald Trautman of Erie, Pennsylvania; Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of Cincnnati, Ohio, and Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B.

Sister Hughes, provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart, was formerly professor of liturgy at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where she also served as vice president and academic dean. She is past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and has served on the advisory committees of the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy and the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. She chaired ICEL's committee on original texts and helped develop guidelines for the composition of original texts.

Her publications include a biography of Godfrey Diekmann, The Monk's Tale.

She holds a doctoral degree in theology and a master's in liturgical studies from the University of Notre Dame and a master's in religion education from Catholic University of America.