Winners announced in 2007 Archbishop O'Meara awards competition

Published: 2007-05-30

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) -- Reports on the church's work in Haiti, Cambodia, Kenya and Guatemala were honored with the 2007 Archbishop Edward T. O'Meara journalism awards, presented this year in Brooklyn by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. The annual awards -- first presented in 1993 -- recognize outstanding coverage of world mission news by members of the Catholic press. First-place awards for newspapers went to Kristen Hannum of the Catholic Sentinel, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland and Diocese of Baker, Ore., for a series of articles, with photographs by Rick D'Elia, on her visit to Cambodia; John Shaughnessy of The Criterion in Indianapolis for his story about a brother and a sister who serve the sick and suffering in Africa; Michael Wojcik of The Beacon in Paterson, N.J., for an article on a New Jersey parish's assistance to poor students in Haiti; and the staff of The Catholic Spirit in St. Paul-Minneapolis for a series on the church's work in Kenya. John Rosengren won first place in the category of Catholic magazine articles with a worldwide missionary theme for his piece in St. Anthony Messenger, "Father Stan Rother: American Martyr in Guatemala."

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