Fides Entrepreneurship Business & Religious Leadership Awards Gala
Fides Entrepreneurship Business & Religious Leadership Awards Gala
Fides Entrepreneurship invites you to one of its most celebrated evenings of the year, a black tie seated dinner and Leadership Awards Gala honoring three extraordinary figures whose lives make the case that faith, lived seriously and without apology, produces some of the most remarkable business and leadership minds of our time.
Guests will arrive on the red carpet, beneath the marquee, for an evening of recognition, inspiration, and fellowship at the highest level.
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
Tuesday, December 8th · 7:30 PM · Dinner · New York City
Opening Address
Ferdinand Habsburg— 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans Champion · FIA World Endurance Championship Title Winner
Born in Salzburg, Austria, Ferdinand Habsburg carries one of Europe's oldest royal names, yet built his own path as a professional racing driver. In 2021, he won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class, driving alongside teammates Charles Milesi and Robin Frijns. He went on to win the European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series titles in 2022, and now competes at the top level of endurance racing in the WEC Hypercar class with Alpine, as well as in IMSA competition. Raised, in his own words, "with a strong sense of family, faith, and country," Habsburg brings a rare combination of inherited legacy and hard-won competitive success to conversations on leadership, discipline, and identity.
Three Award Honorees..
Fides Award for Entrepreneurial Prayer
Co-founder, Hallow
In recognition of his work in bringing the Church's tradition of prayer to a new generation through technology. As co-founder of Hallow, the world's leading Catholic prayer app, Alessandro DiSanto and Alex Jones have helped millions of people build a daily habit of prayer through guided meditations, the Rosary, Scripture, and Lectio Divina.
Under the patronage of St. Teresa of Ávila, the saint he and his co-founders chose for Hallow, he has shown what the Church has always known: deep prayer and the courage to build belong together. His work continues to draw people back to the sacraments, to Scripture, and to a living relationship with God.
Fides Award for Joyful Generosity
President, META CARE · Legatus 2025 Ambassador of the Year
In recognition of a founder who understood that success is a stewardship. Michael Guarino built a company on prayer, sold it for $100 million, and gave nearly everything back to Christ, His Church, and the poor. Through the Eucharistic Encounter he gathered 12,000 souls before the Real Presence, and in the streets of downtown Tampa he feeds and walks with the poor.
Under the patronage of St. Philip Neri, the Apostle of Rome, who turned away from a merchant’s fortune to serve God with laughter and love, Michael has shown that the most radical thing a founder can build is a life given away, and that holiness and joy belong together.
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Schedule:
19:30 Doors open for all ticket holders
20:30 Seated for Dinner
21:30-22:45 Opening address and Awards are given
22:45-02:00 Celebration
01:00 Doors Close
Who should attend
-Young Catholics discerning how faith and entrepreneurship belong together
-Founders and operators who have hit bottom and rebuilt
-Professionals wrestling with what success actually looks like
-Anyone who believes that a life of faith and a life of ambition are not in tension
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