Catherine Crolo Award The Catherine Crolo Award was created in 1999 on the 300th anniversary of the death of Catherine Crolo, the first intendent of the farm operated by the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. Over 300 years later, in partnership with the National Bank, Maison Saint-Gabriel continues to honour Catherine Crolo by awarding the Catherine Crolo Award to a woman who has faced up to challenges. Each year, the Catherine Crolo Award is intended to honour a Quebec businesswomen working in the agricultural and agro-food sectors. It highlights the courage, innovativeness and initiative of a woman... cast in the same mold as Catherine Crolo. The prize presented to the recipient is a basswood sculpture representing Catherine Crolo. It was created by sculptor Luc Legris, President of the Association des artisans-sculpteurs de Lanaudière. 1999 Recipient Georgette Taillon Saint-Guillaume 2000 Recipient Hélène Chevrier Miron Saint-Cécile-de-Milton 2001 Recipient Éliette Lavoie Papineauville 2002 Recipient Jeanne-D’Arc Poisson Nault Victoriaville 2003 Recipient Colette D. Lapointe Jonquière 2004 Recipient Lucie Talbot Lefebvre Baie-du-Febvre 2005 Recipient Louise L. Sanscartier Saint-Esprit 2006 Recipient Maryse Labbé Sainte-Rosalie 2007 Recipient Henriette Goulet-Mayer Béarn, Témiscamingue 2008 Recipient Céline Dumont Saint-Alexandre, Kamouraska Archives 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1999 1998 Catherine Crolo Award Back to Awards an Acknowledgemenst