Maryknoll and Misioneros magazines together win 40 media awards for excellence in English and Spanish coverage of Maryknoll missions.

Deirdre Cornell

Giovana Soria

“We are very honored by the recognition that the Maryknoll and Misioneros magazine team — along with Maryknoll’s graphic design team — received this year,” Editor-in-Chief Lynn F. Monahan said. “We are particularly proud of the showing of Deirdre Cornell, our managing editor, who received the Editor of the Year award for English, and of Giovana Soria, our Spanish language associate editor, who was recognized as Writer of the Year in Spanish, the second year in a row that she has received this award. We also proudly note the first-place award to our Michael Calvente for the Best Layout of an article or column in a magazine in Spanish.”

“The 40 awards across both the English and Spanish magazines once again reflect the tremendous talent and teamwork of our editorial and design staffs, as well as that of our digital media team, whose work is reflected in our website awards, including Best Website for a Spanish publication.”

Orbis Books was honored with 21 Book Awards. The total included three first-place awards, including Best Catalog for the Orbis Books Fall 2022 catalog.

Orbis Publisher Robert Ellsberg, who himself received three book awards, said, “These prize-winning books are a good reflection of the Orbis program itself: a concern for the global dimensions of Christian faith, and alignment with Pope Francis’s support for dialogue, solidarity, and a welcoming Church.”

In the Communications division, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers won second place for Best Annual Report – Catholic Nonprofit Organization.

In congratulating the award winners, Ana Rodriguez-Soto, chair of the CMA Awards Committee, said in the association newspaper, The Catholic Journalist, “I consider all of you winners because the list of award recipients is but a small sample of the work done day-to- day by those engaged in Catholic journalism, communications and social media.”

2023 Catholic Media Awards

Individual Excellence

Editor of the Year (English):
First Place
Deirdre Cornell, Maryknoll

Graphic Artist/Designer of the Year:
Second Runner Up
Michael Calvente

Writer of the Year (Spanish):
First Place
Giovana Soria, Misioneros

All Member Division

Best Website – Magazine or Newsletter:
Third Place
Maryknoll, “maryknollmagazine.org” — Maryknoll Magazine Staff

Best Website – Spanish Publication:
First Place
Misioneros, “misionerosmaryknoll.org” — Misioneros Staff

MARYKNOLL Magazine (Magazine Division)

MISIONEROS (Spanish Language Division)

First Place
“Ayudando a sobrevivientes a sobrevivir el cambio climático”— Michael Calvente

Honorable Mention
“Devolviendo la vida a las víctimas de tráfico de personas”— Regina Gelfer

Best Cover – Magazine:
Second Place
Misioneros, “Todos Somos Hijos de Dios” — Michael Calvente, Nile Sprague

Spiritual Life:
Honorable Mention
“Espiritualidad Misionera” — Joseph F. Veneroso, M.M.

Best Coverage – Treatment of Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate:
First Place
“Ser un Hermano” and “Un Paso Más Allá” by Deirdre Cornell, “Encontrando a Dios en la Misión” by John Siyumbu, M.M.

Best Feature Writing:
First Place
“Aprendiendo a Perdonar” — Giovana Soria

Best Interview:
Second Place
“El Don de la Misión” — Giovana Soria

Best Personality Profile:
Second Place
“Confiando en el Plan de Dios” — María-Pía Negro Chin

Best Reporting – On Cultural Heritage:
Second Place
“Una Familia Construye su Hogar” — Deirdre Cornell

Best Reporting – On Immigration:
Second Place
Misioneros, “Extendiendo una Mano de Hospitalidad” by Lynn F. Monahan, “Un Paso Más Allá” by Deirdre Cornell and “Extranjeros Se Convierten en Huéspedes” by Genie C. Natividad, M.M.

 Best Reporting on a Special Age Group:
First Place
“La Fe de Jóvenes Adultos Lleva a la Acción” — María-Pía Negro Chin

Second Place
 “Jóvenes Misioneros” — Ray Almanza, Luna Stephanie, Walter Hidalgo

Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues – Call to Family, Community and Participation:
First Place
“Una Familia Construye su Hogar” by Deirdre Cornell, “Aprendiendo a Perdonar” by Giovana Soria and “Solidaridad Silenciosa” by Maria-Pia Negro Chin

Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues – Care for God’s Creation:
Second Place
“Escuchando la Voz de la Creación” by Margaret Vámosy, “Conociendo Nuevas Tierras” by Deirdre Cornell and  “Ayudando a sobrevivientes a sobrevivir el cambio climático” by Gregg Brekke

Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues – Life and Dignity of the Human Person:
Second Place
“Ellos son los Hijos de Dios” by Gregg Brekke, “Devolviendo la vida a las víctimas de tráfico de personas” by Mary Ellen Manz, M.M. and “Extranjeros se convierten en huéspedes” by Genie Natividad, M.M.

Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues – Option for the Poor and Vulnerable:
First Place
“Solidaridad Silenciosa” by María-Pía Negro Chin, “Dar la oportunidad de aprender” by Giovana Soria and “Extranjeros se Convierten en Huéspedes” by Genie C. Natividad, M.M.

Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues – Solidarity:
Third Place
“Brilla la Esperanza en Sudán del Sur” by Paul Jeffrey, “Siendo Testigos del Trauma de la Guerra” by Janet Alberti and “Extendiendo una Mano de Hospitalidad” by Lynn F. Monahan

Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate:
First Place
“Desde Kenya para el Mundo” by Giovana Soria, “Ser un Hermano” and “Un Paso Más Allá” by Deirdre Cornell

Best Story and Photo Package – By an Individual:
First Place
“Brilla la Esperanza en Sudán del Sur” — Paul Jeffrey

Third Place
“Ayudando a sobrevivientes a sobrevivir el cambio climático” — Gregg Brekke

Best Photograph – Feature Photo:
First Place
“Brilla la Esperanza en Sudán del Sur” — Paul Jeffrey

Best Photograph – General News Photo:
Second Place
 “Brilla la Esperanza en Sudán del Sur” — Paul Jeffrey

ORBIS BOOKS 

First Place

Theology: Dan Groody, A Theology of Migration

Saints (canonized or in process): Dorothy Day (Robert Ellsberg, ed.), On Pilgrimage: The Seventies

Catalog: Fall 2022

Second Place

Liturgy Books: Donnelly/Petrus, eds: Catholic Women Preach

First Time Author: Christopher Kellerman, SJ, All Oppression Shall Cease: Slavery and Abolitionism in the Catholic Church

History: Christopher Kellerman, SJ, All Oppression Shall Cease

Reference/Academic Studies: Stan Chu Ilo, ed., Handbook of African Catholicism

Catholic Social Teaching: Clemens Sedmak, Enacting Catholic Social Tradition

Religion in the Public Square: Dorothy Day (Robert Ellsberg, ed.), On Pilgrimage: The Seventies

Pope Francis: Pope Francis, Against War

Mysticism: Carmel Bendon, The Mystics who Came to Dinner

Third Place

Theology: Harvey Cox, A New Heaven: Death, Human Destiny, and the Kingdom of God

Inclusion in the Church: Ansel Augustine, Leveling the Praying Field

Catholic Social Teaching: Cardinal Michael Czerny, Fr. Christian Barone, Siblings All, Sign of the Times: Social Teachings of Pope Francis

Ecumenism or Interfaith: Peter Feldmeier, Wisdom from the World’s Religions

Pope Francis: Cardinal Michael Czerny, Fr. Christian Barone: Siblings All, Sign of the Times

Saints: Victor Edwin, SJ, ed., Brother to All (Charles de Foucauld)

Best Memoir: Sister Wendy Beckett/Robert Ellsberg, Dearest Sister Wendy

 Honorable Mention

Theology: Roger Haight, The Nature of Theology

Future Church: Carolyn Woo, Rising: Women’s Leadership in the Catholic Church

Future Church: Donnelly/Petrus, ed., Catholic Women Preach