Sister Kathleen Hughes, rscj, has been designated recipient of the Frederick R. McManus Award for 2004. The national award is given annually to recognize significant contributions to liturgical renewal in the United States. Sister Hughes, United States Provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart, is a former professor and academic dean at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and a former member of ICEL, International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Sister Hughes is the second woman to receive the award, established in 1995 by the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions. Previous recipients have included Benedictine Father Godfrey Diekmann and Aidan Kavanaugh, Bishop Donald Trautman, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk, and Ade Bethune, the other woman.