Recipients of the Berakah are normally members of the academy. Nominations come from the membership at large, and the Academy Committee makes the selection. The Berakah Award is given to liturgists or persons of an allied vocation in recognition of distinguished contribution to the professional work of liturgy and has been given each year the academy has met since 1976.
| Year | Berakah Awardee | Site |
| 2024 | Dr. Lizette Larson-Miller | Seattle, Washington |
| 2023 | Dr. Karen Westerfield Tucker | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2022 | Dr. Maxwell Johnson | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2020 | Dr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2019 | Dr. Martin Seltz | Denver, Colorado |
| 2018 | Dr. Ruth Duck | Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
| 2017 | Fr. Gerard Austin, OP | Washington, D.C. |
| 2016 | Dr. Marjorie Procter-Smith | Houston, Texas |
| 2015 | Dr. Ruth Langer | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 2014 | Fr. Gil Ostdiek, O.F.M. | Orlando, Florida |
| 2013 | Fr. Edward Foley, Capuchin | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 2012 | Rev. Dr. Louis Weil | Montreal, Québec, Canada |
| 2011 | Dr. Richard S. Vosko | San Francisco, California |
| 2010 | Dr. Gail Ramshaw | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 2009 | Dr. Janet Walton | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2008 | Dr. Paul Bradshaw | Savannah, Georgia |
| 2007 | Fr. John Baldovin, SJ | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 2006 | Dr. Gordon Lathrop | San Diego, California |
| 2005 | Fr. Kevin Seasoltz, OSB | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 2004 | Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman | New York, New York |
| 2003 | Dr. Hoyt Hickman | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2002 | Fr. Clarence Rivers | Reston, Virginia |
| 2001 | Mr. Robert Rambush | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2000 | Fr. John Gallen SJ | Tampa, Florida |
| 1999 | Dr. Geoffrey Wainwright | Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
| 1998 | Dr. Nathan Mitchell | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1997 | Mr. Frank Henderson | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1996 | Dr. Hans Boehringer | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1995 | Dr. Harold Daniels | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1994 | Fr. Edward Kilmartin SJ | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 1993 | Sr. Mary Colllins OSB | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 1992 | Dr. Donald Saliers | Washington, D.C. |
| 1991 | Fr. David Power OMI | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1990 | Sr. Theophane Hytrek OSF | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1989 | Dr. Balthasar Fischer | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1988 | Fr. Michael Marx OSB and Fr. Aelred Tegels OSB |
San Francisco, California |
| 1987 | Dr. Thomas Talley | Tarrytown, New York |
| 1986 | Fr. Gerard Sloyan | Durham, North Carolina |
| 1985 | Fr. Robert Taft SJ | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1984 | Dr. Eugene Brand | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1983 | Dr. James White | Queens, New York |
| 1982 | Fr. Robert Hovda | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1981 | Mr. Frank Kazmarcik | Los Angeles, California |
| 1980 | Fr. Fred McManus | Washington, D.C. |
| 1979 | Dr. Horton Davies | Princeton, New Jersey |
| 1978 | Dr. Massey Shepherd | San Francisco, California |
| 1977 | Fr. Godfrey Diekmann OSB | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1976 | Fr. Aidan Kavanagh, OSB | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1975 | Notre Dame, Indiana | |
| 1973 | Scottsdale, Arizona |