July 29, 2000, Pope
John Paul II, invested Gary Krupp as a Knights commander
of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the
Great, for his years of benevolent work, to help Casa
Sollievo della Sofferenza, the hospital founded and
built by St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. Mr. Krupp was the
seventh Jewish man in history to be so honored. Mr. Krupp felt that
this honor was a calling to bridge all of the religions
of the world. He, and his wife Meredith, founded Pave
the Way Foundation. Read
Vatican Press Release
Gary Krupp in the Uniform
of a Knights Commander of the Pontifical Order of St.
Gregory the Great picture here with Dr. and Mrs. Rolando
Clementoni Italian advisors to Pave the Way
Bishop James McHugh, Cardinal
Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Renato Martino Invest Mr. Krupp the
Seventh Jewish Man in History as a Knights Commander in the
Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great
Sir Sigmund Sternberg KCSG in London,
one of the first Jewish men to be invested to the Pontifical
Order.
The Late Rabbi Mordechai
Waxman first Rabbi to be invested to the Pontifical
Order of St. Gregory the Great
On July 13, 2005, Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II approved the name of Gary
Krupp to be invested into the Order of St. John of the
Anglican Church.
Diploma of the Order of St. John
Jewish National Fund
Centennial Tree of Life Award given to Gary Krupp of
Pave the Way
Bishop Mark Sisk, Episcopal Bishop of New York, Gary
Krupp, Suzanne Bishopric Chancellor of the priory of the
United States, John R. Drexel IV, Esq., Prior for the
United States, Michael Braunstein Meredith Krupp and Barbara Haywood,
Executive Director of the Order of St. John in the
United States
June 13, 2006 Gary
and Meredith Krupp, co-founders of Pave the Way
Foundation, was awarded one of the highest
peace awards bestowed by the Vatican Ambassador to
he United Nations Archbishop Celestino Migliore.
"The Servitor Pacis Award" the servant of peace.
At a special
investiture ceremony on June 3, 2006 in Washington DC.,
Mr. Krupp was awarded the "Benemerenti Medal" of
good works by the Sacred Constantinian Order of St.
George by His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick,
Archbishop of Washington..
Right- Jean- Louis Cardinal Tauran, Librarian and
archivist of the Holy Roman Church and Bishop
Raffaele Farina, Prefect of the Vatican Library
bestow the raise in rank on Gary Krupp
