Angelus News | June 30, 2023 | Vol. 8 No 13

Angelus wins 16 awards,
including four first places, at 2023
Catholic Media Conference
BY ANGELUS STAFF
Angelus took home 16 awards
at this year’s Catholic Media
Association (CMA) conference,
held June 6-9 in Baltimore.
Works published in 2022 were
recognized with first-place awards in
four categories. Judges praised Elise
Ureneck’s cover story “How to save
men” as “fantastic” and “a blessing in
so many ways” in the “Best writing —
In-depth” category.
“Effortlessly told, without ever losing
pace,” commented a judge on Ureneck’s
cover story. “Smooth transitions,
fascinating real-world quotes. It goes on
and on and never falters.”
Msgr. Richard Antall won first place
in the “Best Review” category, with
judges calling his piece on a pop
psychology book’s treatment of the
sacrament of confession “far and away
the best review in the category.”
“Basically, if you can review a bad
book, find the good in it and still
make people want to read it — and
even show them the right way to do
so — you are a king,” wrote a judge of
Antall’s review of “The Secret Life of
Secrets.” “Just left me wanting more.”
Other first place awards included
Steve Lowery’s story of a family’s generational
ties to St. Eugene School in
South LA and Angelus’ coverage of the
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CMA judges also awarded Angelus’
website, AngelusNews.com, second
place for best website, calling the site
“top of the line work,” and “maybe the
best layout in the category.”
Editor-in-Chief Pablo Kay was included
for the third year in a row in the
Editor of the Year category, this time
with “Honorable Mention.”
Best Coverage — Pandemic: “COVID’s hidden cross”
by Elise Italiano Ureneck, from the May 6, 2022 issue.
FIRST PLACE
Best Writing — In-Depth: “How to
save men” by Elise Italiano Ureneck
Best Review: “More than feelings” by
Msgr. Richard Antall
Best Reporting on Catholic Education:
“St. Eugene is our village” by
Steve Lowery
Best Coverage — Pandemic: “COV-
ID’s hidden cross” by Elise Italiano
Ureneck, “Switching the channel”
by Ann Rodgers, “An ancient calling”
by Alison Nastasi, and “Blessings of a
bounce back” by Tom Hoffarth
SECOND PLACE
Best Illustration with Graphic Design
or Art: Vin Scully cover by Jim
Thompson
Best Website — Magazine or Newsletter:
AngelusNews.com
Hot Topic — The Dobbs decision:
“We are going to be better” by Natalie
Romano and Pablo Kay, “Time for
some truth” by Charles Camosy, and
“The shockwaves of a sentence” by
Angelus staff
Best Coverage — Disaster or Crises:
“Holy resistance” by Ann Rodgers,
Best Photograph — Catholic Education: Marian consecration
service at All Souls World Language School by Victor Alemán.
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