dCEC Presents Evangelium Vitae Medal to Dr. Elvira Parravicini
![O. Carter Snead, Fr. Bob Dowd CSC, Dr. Elvira Parravicini, and Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades](/assets/567115/300x/ev2024_snead_dowd_parravicini_rhoades_1200x.jpg)
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture presented the 2024 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal—the nation’s most important award for heroes of the pro-life movement—to Dr. Elvira Parravicini, founding director of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program and professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, at a Mass and dinner attended by more than 500 guests on April 27, 2024, at the University of Notre Dame.