Majellan Media, a ministry of the Redemptorists, has won the Bishop Kennedy Award for Overall Excellence in a Catholic Publication at the 2022 Australasian Catholic Press Association Awards (ACPA).
Majellan Media also won three other categories: Best Print Publication, Best Content – Multiple Content Producers and Best Layout and Design – Website. We were Highly Commended in the Best Use of Digital Media category.
The awards were announced at a dinner at the Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne on Thursday night.
Majellan CEO Tony Biviano (left) and David Ahern, Majellan editor.. Photo: ACPA.
The judges said, “The Majellan remains faithful to Catholic teachings and provides a clear beacon for families dealing with the pressures and stresses of modern-day life.”
ACPA President Neil Helmore congratulated The Majellan for its dedication and commitment. “As Catholic media, our role is to ensure we announce the good news of our faith, and The Majellan is a prime example of how this most important task is fulfilled in our digital era,” Mr Helmore said.
Majellan CEO Tony Biviano paid tribute to the Majellan team. “To be acknowledged by our Catholic peers in such a way is a huge honour. It has been a great team effort so thank you to everyone at Majellan Media for their ongoing work.”
Editor David Ahern said it was a big thrill to win the awards. “The Majellan has been helping families for more than 70 years. We want families to be the best that they can be and if we can continue to assist families with their everyday issues then that’s reward in itself,” he said.
“I’d also like to thank the pool of writers who contribute to the magazine each issue.”
The Melbourne event was the first ACPA conference in three years because of the COVID pandemic. More than 60 Catholic media and communications professionals gathered for the conference last week, which was held at the Catholic Leadership Centre in East Melbourne.
This year’s conference theme focused on the words of Pope Francis from his 2021 World Day of Communications message, ‘Witnesses of the Truth, to go, to see, to share’.
Religious congregations also did well in other categories at the ACPA Awards.
Best Online Publication was awarded to the Jesuits’ Eureka Street, with Highly Commended going to The Good Oil, published by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.
The Columbans took out the Best Layout and Design (Publication) award for the Columban Daily Prayer as well as a Highly Commended for Best Feature Content and Most Improved Publication (Columban Art Calendar).
Apart from their Eureka Street win, the Jesuits’ Australian Catholics won Best Content – Social Justice and Best Original Artwork, along with a Highly Commended for Best Layout and Design, while Madonna Magazine took out Best Feature Content.
The Divine Word Missionaries’ Society Matters magazine was awarded a Highly Commended for Best Content Faith and Life.
And from around the region, the Marists in New Zealand took out a Highly Commended in the Best Headline category for their Marist Messenger Magazine and the Salesians in PNG won Best Content Catechesis and Mission and a Highly Commended for Best Front Page – Print or Online for their Church Alive publication.
This article was drawn from material published on the Majellan Media website and CathNews.