CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS FOR LITURGICAL PRESS
30 May 2007
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. -- The following twelve awards were given to publications of Liturgical Press at the annual Catholic Press
Association convention in Brooklyn, New York, May 23-25, 2007:
- First Place:
- Scripture - Hear, O Heavens and Listen, O Earth: An Introduction to the Prophets by Joan
E. Cook, S.C. "The scholarship is contemporary, careful and sensitive to text-based understandings of the biblical world."
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Liturgy - God's House is Our House: Re-imagining the Environment for Worship by
Richard S. Vosko. ". . . an essential resource for every parish that contemplates a building
or renovation project."
- Design and Production - Psalms: The Saint John's Bible, handwritten and illuminated by
Donald Jackson. "One of the seven-volume series that reproduces the magnificent Saint
John's Bible."
- Best Web Site - www.litpress.org. "The layout of this site is clean and interesting. There
is a lot of content with great variety, well arranged with featured items prominently dis-
played in the center. Navigation is easy and a search bar is helpful."
- Second Place:
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Professional Books - Freeing Celibacy by Donald Cozzens. "This book is a true standout. Cozzens clearly presents his subject, ignores no part of it, and produces a truly
balanced and compelling argument."
- Best Web Site - www.sjbible.org. "The layout is simple but very attractive."
- Third Place:
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Direct Mail Promotion - Celebrating the Eucharist Promotion Sampler, Marketing Department, Liturgical Press. "A compact, yet beautifully produced marketing package that
cries to be opened and tested."
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Direct Mail Promotion - Advent/Christmas Brochure 2006, Marketing Department, Liturgical Press. "The quality of the piece is truly notable and the colors of the jackets of the
books, records and prints are reproduced beautifully."
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Honorable Mention:
- Liturgical - Let us Pray: A Guide to the Rubrics of Sunday Mass by Paul Turner.
- Design and Production - Pentateuch: The Saint John's Bible, handwritten and illuminated by Donald Jackson.
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Gender Issues - Seeking Wholeness: Women Dealing with Abuse of Power in the Catholic Church by Marie Evans Bouclin.
- Magazine Award:
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Best Essay, Religious Order Magazines - First Place: "The Christ Figure" by
David Paul Lange, OSB. The Abbey Banner, Spring 2006.
"Using crisp, clean writing, Lange takes the reader right along into his process of giving the Lord a body and ends with an image not soon forgotten by readers."
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