2025 Magazines and Print Newsletters

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GM111a: Magazine of the Year — National General Interest Magazines

First Place

U.S. Catholic Magazine

U.S. Catholic Editors

Second Place

Columbia

Knights of Columbus

Columbia Staff

Third Place

Our Sunday Visitor Magazine

Our Sunday Visitor

Our Sunday Visitor Magazine Staff

GM111b: Magazine of the Year — Diocesan Magazines

First Place

East Texas Catholic

Diocese of Beaumont

Karen Gilman and Staff

Second Place

North Texas Catholic

Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth

Susan Moses, Christina Benavides, Rosa Rosales, Juan Guajardo, and John Cuccaro

Third Place

West Nebraska Catholic

Diocese of Grand Island

Oscar Erives

Honorable Mention

The Valley Catholic

Diocese of San Jose

Marissa Nichols, Cynthia Shaw, and Diocese of San Jose Communications Staff

Honorable Mention

FAITH West Tennessee

Catholic Diocese of Memphis

GM111c: Magazine of the Year — Mission Magazines (Overseas and Home)

First Place

Mission Magazine Fall 2024

The Pontifical Mission Societies

Inés San Martín and La Machi Communication for Good Causes

Second Place

Comboni Missions Magazine

Comboni Missionaries

Kathleen M. Carroll, Lindsay Braud, and Comboni Missionaries Staff

Third Place

ONE Magazine

Catholic Near East Welfare Association

The ONE Editorial and Creative Teams

Honorable Mention

Extension Magazine

Catholic Extension

Catholic Extension Staff

Honorable Mention

Maryknoll Magazine

Maryknoll

Maryknoll Magazine Staff

GM111d: Magazine/Newsletter of the Year — Religious Order Magazines and Print Newsletters

First Place

Jesuits USA Midwest Province Magazine

Midwest Jesuits

Midwest Jesuits Staff

Second Place

Missionary Pulse

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Rebecca Seum and Chad DeBoard

Third Place

Kim Metzgar

Saint Vincent Monks

Kim Metzgar

GM111e: Magazine of the Year — Professional and Special-Interest Magazines, including Clergy Religious, Prayer and Spiritual Magazines

First Place

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Kairos Media Staff

Second Place

Health Progress

Catholic Health Association

Betsy Taylor, Charlotte Kelley, and Norma Klingsick

Third Place

Connection Magazine

NETWORK

Don Clemmer, Editor; Maggie Powell, Designer

Honorable Mention

American Catholic Studies, 25th Anniversary, Volume 135

American Catholic Studies

American Catholic Historical Society

Honorable Mention

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Shalom Tidings and Shalom Media USA

M321: Best Annual Report

First Place

Call to Share 2024

Faith-Diocese of Salina

Corrina Hudsonpillar and Katherine Hamel

Second Place

Belonging: Adrian Dominican Sisters 2023-2024 Annual Report

Voices in Mission and Ministry

Adrian Dominican Sisters Office of Communications and Office of Development

Third Place

Catholic University of America’s President’s Report 2023-2024

The Catholic University of America

Catholic University Communications team

Honorable Mention

2024 Annual Report of the Supreme Knight

Columbia

Patrick E. Kelly and Columbia staff

M322: Best Promotional Advertisement

First Place

Marian Route promotion

The Central Minnesota Catholic

Barb Simon-Johnson

Second Place

Northwest Catholic Newsletter

Northwest Catholic

Keri Hake and Joan Patterson

Third Place

Nativity of Our Lord Parish Picnic

On Mission Media | Diocese of Green Bay

Susan Simoens

M347: Best Special Supplement or Special Issue with Advertising Emphasis

First Place

Catholic Schools

Northwest Catholic

Keri Hake, Office for Catholic Schools

Second Place

December 2024 Ad Campaign

ONE Magazine

Elizabeth Belsky and Paul Grillo

Third Place

World Mission Sunday Campaign

The Pontifical Mission Societies

Inés San Martín and Margaret Murray La Machi Communication for Good Causes

M351a: Best Layout of Article or Column — Diocesan Magazine

First Place

The Eucharist: The Body of Christ

The Catholic Connection

Very Reverend Mark Watson, Bishop Francis I. Malone, Publisher; Kirsten Shrewsberry, Editor

Second Place

Catholic Voter Guide

Denver Catholic

Filippo Piccone, André Escaleira Jr. and the Colorado Catholic Conference

Third Place

Why Get Married in a Church?

Archdiocese of Denver, Office of Communications

Simona Fava

Honorable Mention

Holy Heights

Keith Tarjanyi

Honorable Mention

Resisting the Religion of the Day

Denver Catholic

Filippo Piccone

M351b: Best Layout of Article or Column — Mission Magazine

(Overseas and Home)

First Place

God’s Divine Roster for an Apostolic Age

Denver Catholic

Filippo Piccone and Lyn Dam

Second Place

Hardly Lost

ONE Magazine

Paul Grillo

Third Place

A Sign of Hope in the Holy Land

ONE Magazine

Paul Grillo

Honorable Mention

The Difference a Year Makes

ONE Magazine

Paul Grillo

M351c: Best Layout of Article or Column — National General Interest Magazine

First Place

Passion in the Streets

Columbia

Columbia Staff

Second Place

Stepping Out in Faith

Columbia

Columbia Staff

M351d: Best Layout of Article or Column — Religious Order Magazines and Print Newsletters

First Place

Once Upon A Time…

Midwest Jesuits

Kurt Metzler, Design; Garan Santicola, Author; Greg Hollins, Photography; Creighton University Archives and Special Collections

Second Place

Wednesday Night Suppers

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Chad DeBoard

M351f: Best Layout of Article or Column — Professional and Special-Interest Magazines, including Clergy, Religious, Prayer and Spiritual Magazine

First Place

Nobody is Having More Fun Than We Are

FAITH Catholic

Rachel Squibbs, Designer

Second Place

The Eucharistic Congress — Remembering Who We are as Catholics

FAITH Catholic

Rachel Squibbs, Designer

Third Place

What’s the Answer to the Funding Question for Diocesan Publications?

FAITH Catholic

Rachel Squibbs, Designer

Honorable Mention

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Ann Maria Mathew

M352: Hot Topic — Eucharistic Revival

First Place

Columbia’s Coverage of the National Eucharistic Revival

Columbia

Columbia Staff, Nathan Whalen, and Maria Wiering

Second Place

Walking With Jesus

Catholic Times

Catholic Times Staff

Third Place

The Eucharist, Imagined and Real

Health Progress

Fr. Joseph J. Driscoll

Honorable Mention

Thumb Area Parishioners Experience the Lord in Eucharistic Revival Nights

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Chris Pham, Lisa Briggs, Father Nate Harburg, Erika Hirschman, Deacon Jake Huysentruyt and Danielle McGrew Tenbusch

Honorable Mention

Jesus is Here

The Catholic Telegraph

Taylor Motley, Jake Emser, and Lisa Fletcher

M361a: Best Cover — Small

First Place

Whole-Person Caring

Health Progress

Alice Mollon and Norma Klingsick

Second Place

Blooms in Saskatoon

Catholic Missions In Canada

Rev. David Reilander

Third Place

Maryknoll Magazine

Maryknoll

Paul Jeffrey

M361b: Best Cover — Large

First Place

Northwest Catholic December 2024

Northwest Catholic

Ellen Bollard and Briane Henak

Second Place

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Kairos Media Staff and Ashish Rozario-Mustard Tree

Third Place

U.S. Catholic

U.S. Catholic Magazine

Jory Mertens

Honorable Mention

Monks on a Mission

Saint Vincent Monks

Kim Metzgar

Honorable Mention

Missionary Pulse Fall 2024

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Chad DeBoard

M371: Best Use of Typography

First Place

The Shepherd in Combat Boots’: Priestly Witness on the Battlefield

Denver Catholic

Filippo Piccone

Second Place

Healing the Trauma of War

ONE Magazine

Paul Grillo

Third Place

What’s the Answer to the Funding Question for Diocesan Publications?

FAITH Catholic

Rachel Squibbs, Designer

Honorable Mention

How to Stay in Love and Have a Beautiful Marriage

Catholic Times

Carole Flaherty

Honorable Mention

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Ann Maria Mathew

M511: Best Guest Column/Commentary

First Place

Flailing to Score

Angelus

Amy Welborn

Second Place

The Experience of a Last Mass on Death Row

The East Texas Catholic

Sister Misty Garriga, CDP

Third Place

Cooking Up Trouble with Fr. Kevin

Diocese of Shreveport

Fr. Kevin Mues and Bishop Francis I. Malone, Publisher; Kirsten Shrewsberry, Editor

Honorable Mention

Knocking at the Door

Angelus

Bishop Matthew G. Elshoff OFM, Cap

Honorable Mention

Assuming the Best in Others

Midwest Jesuits

Kristine Mackey

M513a: Best Regular Column — Art, Leisure, Culture and Food

First Place

Divine Seeing

The Catholic Telegraph

Emma Cassani

Second Place

Desire Lines

Angelus

Heather King

Third Place

Faith Fact

The Catholic Echo

Collin Vogt and Pete Sheehan, Writers

M513b: Best Regular Column — Bishop’s Column in a Diocesan Magazine

First Place

Why Ash Wednesday?

Northwest Catholic

Bishop Frank Schuster

Second Place

Bishop’s Message

Parable/Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci, D.D., Bishop of Manchester

Third Place

Most Rev. Joseph G Hanefeldt Column

West Nebraska Catholic

Most Rev. Joseph G Hanefeldt

Honorable Mention

Charity in Truth

The Catholic Review

Archbishop William E. Lori

Honorable Mention

Walking by Faith Together by Bishop David J. Bonnar

The Catholic Echo

Bishop David J. Bonnar, Diocese of Youngstown

M513c: Best Regular Column — Family Life

First Place

Catholic at Home

The Catholic Telegraph

Katie Sciba

Second Place

With Grace

Angelus

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie

Third Place

Mission of the Family

Columbia

Dallas Carter, Mike Sweeney, Jack Calcutt, Jeanne Schindler, and Tom Hoopes

M513d: Best Regular Column — General Commentary

First Place

Intersections

Angelus

Greg Erlandson

Second Place

Ad Rem

Angelus

Robert Brennan

Third Place

Ask Father Tom

The Central Minnesota Catholic

Father Tom Knoblach

Honorable Mention

Kindling for the Fire

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Father Andy LaFramboise

Honorable Mention

For the Greater Glory of God

Columbia

Patrick E. Kelly

M513e: Best Regular Column — Religious Life

First Place

7 Days a Pastor

Parable/Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

Rev. Andrew Nelson, S.T.L.

Second Place

Spirited Sisters

Network

Sr. Erin Zubal, OSU Sr. Eilis McCulloh, HM, Sr. Emily TeKolste, SP, and Sr. Catherine Ferguson, SNJM

Third Place

A Heart on Fire

Midwest Jesuits

Ty Wahlbrink, SJ, Emmanuel Arenas, SJ, and Ryan Serfas, SJ

Honorable Mention

Vocations Spotlight

Columbia

Deacon Christopher Pugh, Father Carlos Orozco, Sister Christina Marie, and Sister Philomena

Honorable Mention

Wisdom from the Abbey of St. Walburga

Denver Catholic

André Escaleira, Jr.

M513f: Best Regular Column — Spiritual Life

First Place

Faith Matters

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Dr. Dan Osborn

Second Place

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Fr. Joseph Gill

Third Place

Narrow the Road with Fr. John Girotti

On Mission Media | Diocese of Green Bay

Very Rev. John Girotti

Honorable Mention

Learning the Faith, Living the Faith

Columbia

Archbishop William E. Lori

Honorable Mention

Spiritual Life (Formation)

Health Progress

Darren Henson

M513g: Best Regular Column — Political Issues

First Place

The Weekly Dispatch by Kevin Clarke

America Magazine

Kevin Clarke

Second Place

Finding Communion

Parable/Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

Robert Dunn

Third Place

Short Takes on the Presidential Election

America Magazine

J.D. Long García

M521e: Best Coverage — Disaster or Crises

First Place

Conflict in the Middle East

ONE Magazine

Laure Delacloche, Raghida Skaff; Judith Sudilovsky, Michael J. La Civita, Joseph Saadah, Claire Porter Robbins, and Samar Hazboun

Second Place

Key Bridge Collapse

The Catholic Review

Gerry Jackson, Kevin J. Parks, George P. Matysek Jr. and Christopher Gunty

Third Place

From Crisis to Collaboration: Uniting for Healthy Communities

Health Progress

Sally J. Altman, Richard H. Weiss, Fred Rottnek, M.D., and Kelly Bilodeau

Honorable Mention

War in Ukraine

Columbia

Columbia Staff, Father Oleksandr Bohomaz, Andrii Gorb, Solomiia Karpiv and Karolina Świder

M521f: Best Coverage — Political Issues

First Place

U.S. Catholic — Political Coverage

U.S. Catholic Magazine

Alice Camille, Heidi Schlumpf and Byron Wratee

Second Place

Lessons for Democracy in 2024

Network

Don Clemmer, Jane Sutter, Joan F. Neal and Ronnate Asirwatham

M521i: Best Coverage of Social Justice Issues

First Place

Reporting on Immigration

America Magazine

J.D. Long García

Second Place

The Angelus

Angelus

Theresa Cisneros and John Burger

Third Place

Promoting Human Dignity

ONE Magazine

Anubha George, Sajeendran V.S.; Laure Delacloche, Nadia Bseiso, Paul Rimple, Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Claire Porter Robbins, Alice Kisiya, Magdy Samaan, and Hanaa Habib

Honorable Mention

Social Justice Issues 2024

The Central Minnesota Catholic

Amber Walling, Dianne Towalski, and Paul Middlestaedt

Honorable Mention

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Rebecca Seum

M531: Best Editorial

First Place

Pope Francis told American Catholics to Vote Their Conscience. What Did He Mean?

America Magazine

Editors of America Magazine

Second Place

Infinite Dignity of the Human Person: Implications for Health Systems

The Linacre Quarterly

Matthew Robert Dernbach

Third Place

Challenges, Conflicts and Opportunities

The Linacre Quarterly

Barbara Golder

Honorable Mention

Returning to Prayer

The Linacre Quarterly

Michelle Stanford, M.D., and Barbara Golder

Honorable Mention

Lift Up Your Hearts

Columbia

Alton J. Pelowski

M533a: Best Essay — Diocesan Magazines

First Place

Lent is for Lovers

Angelus

Father Peter John Cameron, OP

Second Place

The Return of St. Patrick

Angelus

Mike Aquilina

Third Place

Encountering a Tender and Trustworthy God: Author Eve Tushnet on Accompanying our Gay Catholic Sisters and Brothers

The Valley Catholic

Marissa Nichols

Honorable Mention

The Hidden Gem of Mississippi Boulevard

FAITH West Tennessee

Catholic Diocese of Memphis

Honorable Mention

“Brain Death” and Organ Donation

The Southern Cross

Nathan M. Ware

M533b: Best Essay — Mission Magazines (Overseas and Home)

First Place

Who, Me? A Missionary Disciple?

Catholic Missions In Canada

Sister Teresita Kambeitz, O.S.U.

Second Place

Goodbye and Hello

Glenmary Challenge

Father Vic Subb

Third Place

I am on the Side of Peace

Comboni Missionaries

Father Saverio Paolillo, M.J.J.P.

M533c: Best Essay — National General Interest Magazines

First Place

Light and Life Amid Loss

Columbia

Amy Welborn

Second Place

What Do You Desire Most?

Columbia

Father John Connaughton

Third Place

How Julian of Norwich’s Writings on Suffering Have Helped Me as a Cancer Patient

America Magazine

Gregory Hillis

Honorable Mention

How To Talk To Those Who Disagree with You — and Still Love Them

Busted Halo

Veronica Szczygiel

Honorable Mention

Finding your way home

Our Sunday Visitor

Carla Galdo

M533e: Best Essay — Professional and Special-Interest Magazines, Including Clergy and Religious

First Place

God and the Imperfect Practice of Medicine

The Linacre Quarterly

Tod Worner, M.D.

Second Place

Christ the Physician: A Theological Framework for Healing in Catholic Health care

The Linacre Quarterly

Columba Thomas, OP, MD

Third Place

After Sixty Years Will We Finally Take Unitatis Redintegratio to Heart?

Franciscan Friars of the Atonement — Graymoor

Dr. Eugene Schlesinger, Author; Dr. Aaron Hollander, Editor; Rev. James Loughran, SA., Associate Editor

Honorable Mention

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Jon Blanco

Honorable Mention

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Kairos Media Staff

M537a: Best Feature Article — Diocesan Magazines

First Place

A Revolution of the Heart

St. Louis Review

Jennifer Brinker

Second Place

I See You As a Person

The Catholic Review

George P. Matysek Jr.

Third Place

The Holy Child’s Promise

Angelus

Pablo Kay

Honorable Mention

Surprised by Truth: Eucharist, Truth and Unity Draw the Shetler Family to Catholicism

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Danielle McGrew Tenbusch

Honorable Mention

D-A-N-G-E-R

The Catholic Review

George P. Matysek Jr.

M537b: Best Feature Article — Mission Magazines (Overseas and Home)

First Place

Hardly Lost

ONE Magazine

Les Beley

Second Place

No Generation Spared

ONE Magazine

Laure Delacloche

Third Place

Leaning on Mercy and Grace

ONE Magazine

Hikma A. Abdulmejid

Honorable Mention

Rooted in the Land Called Holy

ONE Magazine

Claire Porter Robbins

Honorable Mention

Healing West Nile

Comboni Missionaries

Lindsay Braud

M537c: Best Feature Article — National General Interest Magazines

First Place

When a Catholic Hospital Becomes For-profit

America Magazine

Michael J. O’Loughlin

Second Place

Fair Game

U.S. Catholic Magazine

Rebecca Randall

Third Place

Reporting from Hurricane Helene’s Ground Zero: No ‘safe havens’

America Magazine

Kevin Clarke

Honorable Mention

Skateparks, Gyms and Breweries: The Right and Wrong Way to Repurpose a Closed Church BuildingAmerica Magazine

John W. Miller

Honorable Mention

Pope Francis’ Argentina

America Magazine

Colleen Dulle

M537f: Best Feature Article — Professional and Special-Interest, Including Clergy and Religious

First Place

Sister Vilma’s Fearless Faith

TrueQuest Communications | VISION | Prepare the Word

Loretta Pehanich

Second Place

Trauma can Impact Candidates and Communities

National Religious Vocation Conference

Stephen T. Carroll, Ph.D.

Third Place

Pain Management Takes New Forms to Curb Opioid Epidemic

Health Progress

Kelly Bilodeau

Honorable Mention

Be Missionary

Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Rebecca Seum and Eric Boos

Honorable Mention

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Kairos Media

M541: Best Title and Lead-In

First Place

No Generation Spared

ONE Magazine

Laure Delacloche

Second Place

Once Upon A Time …

Midwest Jesuits

Garan Santicola

Third Place

A Place to Belong

ONE Magazine

Paul Rimple

Honorable Mention

‘Spiritual Lifeboats’ on the Titanic

Columbia

K.V. Turley and the Columbia Staff

Honorable Mention

Socrates, Saint Thomas and Steve Jobs Walk into a Bar

The Catholic University of America

Luke Burgis, Author; Tommy Parker, Illustrator

M545: Best Interview

First Place

Encountering a Tender and Trustworthy God: Author Eve Tushnet on Accompanying our Gay Catholic Sisters and Brothers

The Valley Catholic

Marissa Nichols

Second Place

Buddhist Becomes Catholic

Catholic Times

Andrew Hansen

Third Place

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Kiro Lindemann

Honorable Mention

(Not) Playing God

Our Sunday Visitor

Father Patrick Briscoe, OP

Honorable Mention

A Joyful Discovery — Marissa Found Jesus in the Catholic Church

Northland Catholic

Katrina Genereux

M551: Best Explanation of Marriage

First Place

Rediscover the Meaning

Denver Catholic

Dr. Elizabeth Klein, Aaron Lambert, and Anthony St. Louis-Sanchez

Second Place

The Marriage Mission

Angelus

Elise Ureneck and Theresa Cisneros

Third Place

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Kairos Media Staff

M571a: Best Personality Profiles — Government Leader

First Place

Catholics Under Scrutiny: Taking on Thomas Watson and the Veazey Act

The Southern Cross

Bradley Vickers

Second Place

A Living Vocation: A Tradition of Faith, Family and Service

FAITH West Tennesser

Catholic Diocese of Memphis

M571b: Best Personality Profiles — Laity

First Place

Finding Sam

St. Louis Review

Jennifer Brinker

Second Place

In Honor of Fallen Brothers: Anthony Marquez

Columbia

Hunter Cates

Third Place

I’m Just an Instrument

Northwest Catholic

Jeffrey M. Barker

Honorable Mention

‘She Lives With Him’: Michelle Duppong

Columbia

Patti Armstrong

Honorable Mention

Cori Fugere Urban reflects on 45 years as Diocese of Burlington Writer and Editor

Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington

Alice Urban Lothers

M571c: Best Personality Profiles — Religious Leader

First Place

Hero of Hill 875: Father Charles J. Watters

Columbia

Joseph Pronechen

Second Place

“Have You Seen My Brother?” by Pete Sheehan

The Catholic Echo

Pete Sheehan

Third Place

Bishop Paride Taban — A Legacy of Peace and Sacrifice in South Sudan

Comboni Missionaries

Kathleen M. Carroll

Honorable Mention

The Great Life of a Humble Person

Comboni Missionaries

Kathleen M. Carroll

Honorable Mention

Unorthodox Pleas for Contract Schools: Mother Mary Joseph Lynch and the Boarding School for Native Students in Morris, Minnesota

American Catholic Studies

Stephen Gross and Elizabethada A. Wright

M574: Best Original Poetry

First Place

The Patron Saint of Sliding Glass Doors

America Magazine

James Davis May

Second Place

Laudate Deum

Maryknoll

Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M.

Third Place

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Kairos Media and Tania Rose Josun

Honorable Mention

Longing to Belong

Maryknoll

Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M.

M575: Best Reporting on a Special Age Group

First Place

Preparing for a Beautiful Death

North Texas Catholic

Joan Kurkowski-Gillen

Second Place

Gifts and Challenges of Older Candidates

Horizon

Sean Reynolds

Third Place

Fueled by Vision and Faith

ONE Magazine

Alex McKenna, Yad Abdulqader, Les Beley, Konstantin Chernichkin, Paul Rimple, Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Kateryna Malofieieva, Claire Porter Robbins, and Samar Hazboun

Honorable Mention

Our Final Test

Angelus

Patrick T. Brown

Honorable Mention

Giving and Receiving

The Catholic Review

Katie V. Jones

M576: Best Reporting on Catholic Education

First Place

Building a Future of Hope

Maryknoll

Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.

Second Place

Roots Worth Celebrating

Angelus

Tom Hoffarth

Third Place

A New Way to Teach Business

Midwest Jesuits

Andrew McKernin, Author; Annual International Association of Jesuit Business Schools, Photographer

Honorable Mention

Turtley Awesome

The Catholic Review

Kevin J. Parks

Honorable Mention

Class in Session

Midwest Jesuits

Patricia McGeever, Author; Xavier Jesuit Academy, Bryan Dykes, Photographer

M577: Best Reporting of the Celebration of a Sacrament

First Place

Complete Forgiveness

Catholic Times

Catholic Times Staff

Second Place

Surprised by Truth: Eucharist, Truth and Unity Draw the Shetler Family to Catholicism

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Danielle McGrew Tenbusch

Third Place

Living Water: How Baptism Changes Our Identity, Family, and Purpose

North Texas Catholic

Susan Moses

Honorable Mention

Shalom Tidings

Shalom Media

Denise Jasek

Honorable Mention

Mercy at the Rio

U.S. Catholic Magazine

Evan Bednarz

M579a: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Call to Family, Community and Participation

First Place

Searching in the Desert

Angelus

Elise Ureneck

Second Place

The Real Goal: Human Dignity, Local Community and the Common Good

Denver Catholic

Dr. R. Jared Staudt

Third Place

Where ‘Truly Everything Is Positive’

ONE Magazine

Laure Delacloche

Honorable Mention

Fueled by Vision and Faith

ONE Magazine

Alex McKenna

Honorable Mention

Welcoming Widows of War

Columbia

Karolina Świder

M579b: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Care for God’s Creation

First Place

Cultivating Mission in Cochabamba

Maryknoll

Deirdre Cornell

Second Place

‘You Should Care’: Cathedral Parishioner is Prominent Advocate for Environmental Justice

The Catholic Review

Lisa Harlow

Third Place

Living our Faith on God’s Holy Land

The Central Minnesota Catholic

Amber Walling, Paul Middlestaedt, Photographer

Honorable Mention

Baltimore County Cemetery Offers Green Burials

The Catholic Review

Christopher Gunty

M579c: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Dignity and Rights of the Workers

First Place

A Bitter Harvest: The plight of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic

America Magazine

J.D. Long García

Second Place

The Elephant in the Exam Room: Health Care Providers and Risky Substance Use

Health Progress

Fred Rottnek, M.D.

M579d: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Life and Dignity of the Human Person

First Place

The IVF Danger We Don’t See

Angelus

Charlie Camosy

Second Place

Healing the Trauma of War

ONE Magazine

Kateryna Malofieieva

Third Place

Beacons of Light

Columbia

Zoey Maraist

Honorable Mention

Leaning on Mercy and Grace

ONE Magazine

Hikma A. Abdulmejid

Honorable Mention

Learning Under Lockdown

Midwest Jesuits

Patricia McGeever

M579e: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

First Place

Charity Together: Matthew 25 Ministries

Glenmary Challenge

Theresa Nguyen-Gillen

Second Place

Welcoming Widows of War

Columbia

Karolina Świder

Third Place

Feed My Poor

Angelus

Mike Cisneros

Honorable Mention

Embracing All of God’s Children

North Texas Catholic

Christina Benavides

Honorable Mention

Sheep Find their Pastor

Maryknoll

Lynn F. Monahan

M579f: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Rights and Responsibilities

First Place

Journey of Joy

Columbia

Columbia Staff

Second Place

Star Program Lifts Up Veterans in the US and Beyond

FAITH West Tennessee

Catholic Diocese of Memphis

Third Place

Persevering in Changing Times

ONE Magazine

Anubha George

M579g: Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Solidarity

First Place

A Revolution of the Heart

St. Louis Review

Jennifer Brinker

Second Place

We Journey Together

Columbia

Cecilia Engbert

Third Place

Hope for a Peaceful Future

ONE Magazine

Hikma A. Abdulmejid

Honorable Mention

‘The Chain of Solidarity’: An Interview with Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki

Columbia

Columbia Staff

Honorable Mention

Love Exists in Tonacatepeque

Maryknoll

Deirdre Cornel

M581: Best Sports Reporting

First Place

In the Big Inning

Columbia

Columbia Staff

Second Place

More than a Number

Midwest Jesuits

Ann Power Greene

Third Place

The Race to Heaven

The Catholic Telegraph

Eileen Connelly, OSU

Honorable Mention

NDP Student Tackles Expansive Role as Manager for Loyola Blakefield Football Team

The Catholic Review

Gerry Jackson

Honorable Mention

Extra Point

Angelus

Mike Cisneros

M584: Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate

First Place

Restless Until They Rest in Thee: 2024 Grad Finds Unexpected Vocation

Christendom College

Niall O’Donnell, Zach Smith, Julie Wells, and Lianna Youngman

Second Place

Reverend Runner

Graceful Living

Annie Lust

Third Place

Columbia’s Reporting on Vocations

Columbia

John Burger and Columbia Staff

Honorable Mention

Love in a Loaf: Sister Paul Mary Dreger Finds Peace Baking Bread, Receiving the Bread of Life

Vermont Catholic

Cori Fugere Urban

M587: Best Book Review Section

First Place

Book Reviews

The Catholic Telegraph

Ken Craycraft, Margaret Swenson, Harris Craycraft, Anna Mitchell, Graham Craycraft, and Fr. Ambrose Dobrozsi

Second Place

America Magazine Spring Books 2024

America Magazine

James T. Keane, Literary Editor

Third Place

America Magazine Fall Books 2024

America Magazine

James T. Keane, Literary Editor

Honorable Mention

Book Reviews Vol. 135 No. 2

American Catholic Studies

American Catholic Historical Society

Honorable Mention

Book Reviews Vol. 135 No. 1

American Catholic Studies

American Catholic Historical Society

M588: Best Review

First Place

Sizing Up the Spectacle

Angelus

Stefano Rebeggiani

Second Place

The Heroics of Cabrini

American Catholic Studies

Anthony B. Smith

Third Place

Highly Selective, Poorly Chosen

Angelus

Amy Welborn

Honorable Mention

‘Megalopolis’ is a Hollywood Catechesis on Ambition

Angelus

Joseph Joyce

Honorable Mention

Kairos Global Magazine

Kairos Media

Joseph Anthraper, Kairos Media

M591: Best Seasonal Issue or Section

First Place

An Inside Look at Wedding Cakes

The Catholic Review

Catholic Review Staff

Second Place

Memorial Day Section

Columbia

Columbia staff, Hunter Cates, and Joseph Pronechen

Third Place

Advent’s Gift is Discovering All Things New

The Central Minnesota Catholic

Central Minnesota Catholic Staff

Honorable Mention

2025 Christmas Gift Guide

Denver Catholic

André Escaleira Jr., Michael O’Neill, and Simona Fava

M596: Best Special Issue

First Place

Bridging Divides

Health Progress

Betsy Taylor, Charlotte Kelley and Norma Klingsick

Second Place

Bishop John J. McDermott Ordination and Installation

Vermont Catholic

Vermont Catholic Staff

Third Place

Bodies of Christ: Growing a Church Where Everyone Can Flourish

U.S. Catholic Magazine

U.S. Catholic

Honorable Mention

For the Life of the World

The Catholic Miscellany

The Catholic Miscellany Staff

Honorable Mention

Centennial 2024

Diocese of Raleigh NC Catholics

NC Catholics Staff and FAITH Catholic

M597: Best Special Section

First Place

Pontifical Mission @ 75

ONE Magazine

The ONE Editorial and Creative Team

Second Place

Whole-Person Caring

Health Progress

Betsy Taylor, Charlotte Kelley, and Norma Klingsick

Third Place

Back to School

The Catholic Review

Catholic Review Staff

Honorable Mention

Eucharistic Revival Special Section

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Bishop Robert Gruss, Lisa Briggs, Erika M. Hirschman, Dr. Dan Osborn, Chris Pham, Father Nate Harburg, Deacon Jake Huysentruyt, and Danielle McGrew Tenbusch

Honorable Mention

#ErieInIndy

FAITH - Diocese of Erie

Kristine Rilling and Anne-Marie Welsh

M598a: Best Writing — Analysis

First Place

Ethical Challenges to Neurological Criteria for Death

Health Progress

Brian M. Kane, Ph.D.

Second Place

Bodies of Christ: Growing a Church Where Everyone Can Flourish

U.S. Catholic Magazine

Heidi Schlumpf

Third Place

Hollowed and Hallowed: Vocation Minister as Leader into the Future

National Religious Vocation Conference

Sister Julie Vieira, I.H.M.

Honorable Mention

Positive and Negative Rights of Conscience: Balancing When Rights Conflict

The Linacre Quarterly

Cynthia Jones-Nosacek, M.D., M.A.

Honorable Mention

A Less Western Church?

Angelus

John L. Allen Jr.

M598b: Best Writing —In-Depth

First Place

Trauma Can Impact Candidates and Communities

National Religious Vocation Conference

Stephen T. Carroll, Ph.D.

Second Place

New Approaches to Mental Health Aim to Benefit Patients — Health Systems Rethink, Expand Services

Health Progress

Robin Roenker

Third Place

At an Impasse

ONE Magazine

Laure Delacloche

Honorable Mention

This Land Was Made for You and Me

Columbia

Maureen Walther

Honorable Mention

The Enduring Legacy of St. Francis — Winter 2024 Sandal Prints

Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order, Inc.

Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph Staff

M811a: Best Multiple Picture Package — Feature

First Place

Hardly Lost

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

Second Place

Passion in the Streets

Columbia

Greg Shemitz and Joe Gigli

Third Place

Jesuits Midwest Province First Vows 2024

Midwest Jesuits

Dave Hrbacek

Honorable Mention

No Generation Spared

ONE Magazine

Raghida Skaff

Honorable Mention

Hope for a Peaceful Future

ONE Magazine

Petterik Wiggers

M811b: Best Multiple Picture Package — News

First Place

Faith on Fire

Columbia

Jeffrey Bruno, Zach Dobson, Rachel Moore, and Beth Pack

Second Place

142nd Supreme Convention

Columbia

Matthew Barrick, Paul Haring, and Tamino Petelinšek

M821a: Best Photo Story — Feature

First Place

What a Flock of Sheep Taught Its Shepherdess

TrueQuest Communications | VISION | Prepare the Word

Sr. Karla Gonçalves, O.C.S.O., Katie McNamara, O.C.S.O., Authors; Mount St. Mary’s Abbey, Photograph

Second Place

“God Alone Suffices”: The Ordination of Bishop John J. McDermott

Vermont Catholic

Evan Wing

Third Place

Architectural Highlight: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

The Catholic Sun (New York)

Charles Wainwright

Honorable Mention

Gallery of U.S.-Latin American Sisters

Catholic Extension

Catholic Extension Staff

M821b: Best Photo Story — News

First Place

Stepping Out in Faith

Columbia

Dan Anderson, Matthew Barrick, Paul Haring, Spenser Heaps, Sean Lara, Jaime Orillion, Andy Sanchez, EWTN News, OSV News, Diocese of La Crosse,and Diocese of Victoria (Texas)

Second Place

From Small Towns to Universal Church

Glenmary Challenge

Theresa Nguyen-Gillen

Third Place

Mother Olga and the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth: Mission to Tybee Island and Mass on the Tybee Pier

The Southern Cross

Bradley Vickers, Communications Specialist of Southern Cross (GA); Madeline Walz, Creative Content Producer

Honorable Mention

Father General Arturo Sosa, S.J., Visits Directors of Works in Four Midwest Cities

Midwest Jesuits

Steve Donisch

M831a: Best Story and Photo Package — By an individual

First Place

A Bitter Harvest: The Plight of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic

America Magazine

J.D. Long García

Second Place

Returning the Favors

Angelus

Jeffrey Bruno

Inside the Abbey of St. Walburga’s Hidden Vocation of Prayer for the Church

Denver Catholic

André Escaleira Jr.

Honorable Mention

Hand-carved Crosier Features Bishop Neary’s Coat of Arms

The Central Minnesota Catholic

Dianne Towalski

Honorable Mention

Remembering Civil Rights

Glenmary Challenge

John Feister

M831b: Best Story and Photo Package — By Two Individuals or more

First Place

At an Impasse

ONE Magazine

Laure Delacloche and Raghida Skaff

Second Place

Back to the Land (Again)

Our Sunday Visitor

Nicole Snook and Matthew Lomano

Third Place

Healing the Trauma of War

ONE Magazine

Kateryna Malofieieva and Konstantin Chernichkin

Honorable Mention

Faith in the Fields

North Texas Catholic

Matthew Smith and Juan Guajardo

Honorable Mention

Baltimore County Cemetery Offers Green Burials

The Catholic Review

Christopher Gunty and Kevin J. Parks

M840: Best Photograph — Feature Photo

First Place

Food for Thought

ONE Magazine

Petterik Wiggers

Second Place

Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Columba Cathedral

The Catholic Echo

Brian Keith

Third Place

Wartime Wedding

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

Honorable Mention

Ukrainian Widow and Orphan

Columbia

Andrii Gorb

Honorable Mention

The Blain Family

Columbia

Nadia Molinari

M842: Best Photograph — General News Photo

First Place

Standing United

ONE Magazine

Alice Kisiya

Second Place

In Defense of the Soul

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

Third Place

Mother and Daughter with Sister of Life at Life Fest

Columbia

Paul Haring

Honorable Mention

Too Much to Take

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

M843: Best Photograph — Photo-illustration

First Place

Finding Communion

Parable/Diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire

Abby Feldpausch

Second Place

Rainbow of Mission

Glenmary Challenge

Emilie Winner and John Feister

M844: Best Photograph — Portrait

First Place

Come to Me …

Maryknoll

Paul Jeffrey

Second Place

Lewis Reid

Columbia

Faith Massey

Third Place

In Defense of the Soul

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

Honorable Mention

30 Years of Celebration: Local Catholics Honor Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dance, Song and Prayer

Northwest Catholic

Briane Henak and Rowland Studio

Honorable Mention

Holly Schapker

The Catholic Telegraph

Emma Cassani

M845: Best Photograph — Scenic, Still-life or Weather Photo

First Place

Here and Now

TrueQuest Communications | VISION | Prepare the Word

Jennifer Tomshack

Second Place

Good Friday Stations of the Cross in Sedona, Arizona

Columbia

David Jolkovski

Third Place

Mill Creek Park in Spring

The Catholic Echo

Brian Keith

M847: Best Photograph — Sacramental

First Place

Wartime Wedding

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

Second Place

Eucharistic Procession at the University of Utah

Columbia

Andy Airriess

Third Place

Emmitsburg, Maryland, Eucharistic Procession

Columbia

Matthew Barrick

Honorable Mention

Episcopal Ring

Vermont Catholic

Russell Fox

Honorable Mention

Jesuits Midwest Province First Vows 2024

Midwest Jesuits

Dave Hrbacek

M848: Best Photograph — Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate

First Place

In Defense of the Soul

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

Second Place

Father Caleb Cunningham, Diocese of Baker (Oregon)

Columbia

Jay Fram

Third Place

Sister Margaret Mary Zieminski, MSSR

Columbia

Erik Castro

Honorable Mention

Ethiopian Seminarians on Retreat

ONE Magazine

Petterik Wiggers

Honorable Mention

Compassionate Care for HIV and AIDS Patients

ONE Magazine

Sajeendran V.S.

M849: Best Photograph — Holy Days/Liturgical Seasons/Holidays

First Place

Via Crucis in Paterson, New Jersey

Columbia

Greg Shemitz

Second Place

Good Friday Stations of the Cross in Sedona, Arizona

Columbia

David Jolkovski

M851: Best Photograph — Catholic Education

First Place

Food for Thought

ONE Magazine

Petterik Wiggers

Second Place

Dancer

The Catholic Review

Kevin J. Parks

Third Place

Class is in Session

Midwest Jesuits

Marrisa Linden

Honorable Mention

Learning the ABCs

ONE Magazine

Petterik Wiggers

M852: Best Photograph — Immigration/Migration

First Place

Remembering Home

ONE Magazine

Nazik Armenakyan

Second Place

Welcoming the Displaced

ONE Magazine

Konstantin Chernichkin

M854: Best Photograph — Hot Topic Eucharistic Revival

First Place

Waterfront Mississippi Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Columbia

Dan Anderson

Second Place

Skid Row Eucharistic Procession

Angelus

Victor Alemán

Third Place

Reaching for Him

Great Lakes Bay Catholic Magazine

Thor Rasmussen

Honorable Mention

Flower Petals

The Catholic Review

Kevin J. Parks