The Hawaii Catholic Herald won seven Catholic Media Association awards this year for work done in 2020.
The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its second virtual Catholic Media Conference June 8-10. This year’s media awards were announced in a prerecorded video shown during a Zoom awards ceremony on June 10.
Like last year, the CMA organized a three-day virtual conference with Zoom workshops, regional publication roundtables and keynote talks from Word on Fire’s Bishop Robert Barron, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Washington, and a Vatican panel including Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
There were about 3,000 entries in the awards contest this year from across North America. Here’s what the Hawaii Catholic Herald, the Diocese of Honolulu’s biweekly newspaper, won:
2021 Catholic Media Awards Winners
Second Place
Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate – One Shot
“The hermit of Haiku” by Anna Weaver
Third Place
Best Photograph – Catholic Education
“St. John Vianney School, Kailua, preschoolers and siblings Keilani and Alika Kuchler hold hands as they walk to class together on July 28, 2020.” – Photo accompanying story by Anna Weaver
HCH Photo: Anna Weaver
Best Annual Report – (Arch) Diocesan Finances
Diocesan Stewardship Report
Honorable Mention
Best Electronic Newsletter
The Latest, the Herald’s biweekly e-newsletter
Best Regular Column – General Commentary
“View from the Pew” column by Mary Adamski
Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate – One Shot
“Diocese’s retired priests are a diverse group” by Patrick Downes
Best Photograph – Vocations to the Priesthood, religious life or Diaconate
Photo of Father Ed Barut fistbumps newly ordained transitional Deacon Ace Tui
HCH Photo: Anna Weaver