Entries for Archbishop O'Meara awards due by Feb. 28

Published: 2006-01-10

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Feb. 28 is the deadline for entries in the 2006 competition for the Archbishop Edward T. O'Meara Awards, presented annually by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith to honor writing about the missions. Writers for Catholic newspapers are eligible in five categories: visits to the missions, involving trips to the missions by newspaper staff; interviews with missionaries visiting the U.S.; news events from the missions; mission series, involving two or more articles about a specific mission country or aspect of missionary work or life; and original promotion of World Mission Sunday 2005, in cooperation with the diocesan Propagation of the Faith director. Diocesan directors are eligible for awards based on a single article about the missions or for promotion of World Mission Sunday through the diocesan newspaper. Writers for Catholic magazines are eligible for an award honoring the best single article with a worldwide missionary theme. More information is available online at: www.worldmissions-catholicchurch.org.

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