The Hawaii Catholic Herald received four Catholic Press Association awards at the Catholic Media Convention June 19-21 in Denver. The awards were for work published in 2012.
Herald reporter/photographer Darlene Dela Cruz won a second place in feature writing for newspapers with a circulation under 17,000 for her story about the anniversary celebration of St. Joseph Church in Kaupo, Maui, titled “A beloved church in the middle of nowhere.”
Winning second place in the “Best regular column — general commentary” category for all Catholic newspapers in the U.S. and Canada was Mary Adamski for her “View from the Pew” columns.
The Herald’s Manaolana section took third place in the overall newspaper category “Best reporting on a special age group — young adults.”
The Herald took third place in the “Best one-time special issue” category, after Catholic New York and the National Catholic Reporter, for its pre-canonization coverage of St. Marianne Cope.
Dela Cruz’s photo labeled “A heroine’s homecoming” of the group of people watching the approach of the relic of St. Marianne Cope as it is carried on the pali trail in Kalaupapa earned an honorable mention in the “Best general news photo” category.
The Hawaii Catholic Herald also received from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith a first place Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Award for world mission news coverage in a diocesan newspaper in the “interview with missionaries” category for the story “Sisters of two generations, two countries, one calling.”
The article, an interview with Sacred Hearts Sisters Rose Henry Reeves and Vandana Narayan of India, was written by Patrick Downes.
