Congratulations to the Excellence in Publishing Winners, Including Patheos’ @TheAnchoress

I smiled from ear to ear when I read the following press release (reprinted from the ACP Website) which contains recently announced winners of this years “Excellence in Publishing Awards” from the Association of Catholic Publishers. The list contains so many writers that I would consider “friends” that I found myself cheering multiple times as if I were at the actual ceremony.

If you’re looking for a great read this summer, I’d recommend several of these but especially Strange Gods by Elizabeth Scalia, Rebuilt by Rev. Michael White and Tom Corcoran, Meditations on Vatican Art by Mark Haydu, LC, STL, and of course The Social Media Gospel by Meredith Gould. Congratulations friends!

Intersection of Faith and Life a Focus of Multiple Winners

BALTIMORE, MD — The Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP) is pleased to announce the winners of the newExcellence in Publishing Awards, which will be given out at the 2014 Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit (RBTE) in St. Charles, Illinois. The goal of these awards is to recognize the best in Catholic publishing. Read full article here

The complete list of winners by category are as follows:

Children’s Books
1. Totally Catholic! by Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND (Pauline Books & Media)
2. Holy Goals for Body and Soul by Most Rev. Thomas J. Paprocki (Ave Maria Press)
3.  Jesus Speaks to Me about Easter by Angela Burrin and Maria Cristina Lo Cascio (The Word Among Us)

General Interest
1. Faith Meets World by Barry Hudock (Liguori Publications)
2. Go to Joseph by Brother Michael O’Neill McGrath, OSFS and Various Authors (World Library Publications)
3. Rock-Bottom Blessings: Discovering God’s Abundance When All Seems Lost by Karen Beattie (Loyola Press)

Inspirational
1. Blessed By Less: Clearing Your Life of Clutter by Living Lightly by Susan V. Vogt (LoyolaPress) and Rich in Years by Johann Christoph Arnold (Plough Publishing)
3. Strange Gods by Elizabeth Scalia (AveMaria Press)

Prayer & Spirituality
1.  Meditations on Vatican Art by Mark Haydu, LC, STL (Liguori Publications)
2.  Why Bother Praying? by Richard Leonard (PaulistPress)
3.  The First Spiritual Exercises by Michael Hansen, S.J. (Ave Maria Press)

Resources for Ministry
1.  Adaptive Confirmation Preparation Kit: For Individuals with Autism and Other Special Needs (Loyola Press)
2.  Rebuilt by Rev. Michael White and Tom Corcoran (Ave Maria Press)
3.  The Social Media Gospel by Meredith Gould (Liturgical Press)

Scripture
1.  Threshold Bible Study: Acts of the Apostles [1-14]; Church of the Holy Spirit, Part One by Stephen J. Binz (Twenty-Third Publications)
2.  St. Paul and the New Evangelization by Ronald D. Witherup (Liturgical Press)
3.  Accompanied by a Believing Wife by Raymond F. Collins (Liturgical Press)

Spanish
1.  Recen Por Mi (Pray for Me) by Robert Moynihan (ImageBooks)
2.  La justicia brota de la fe: Formación en la Doctrina Social Católica de la Iglesia by Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J. (RENEW International)
3.  Jorge de Argentina by Marilyn Monge, FSP, and Jaymie Stuart Wolfe (Pauline Books & Media)

Theology
1.  Jesus. An Historical Approximation by José Antonio Pagola (Convivium Press)
2.  Catholic Identity or Identities by Gerald A. Arbuckle (Liturgical Press)
3.  Where Justice and Mercy Meet edited by Vicki Schieber, Trudy Conway, David Matsko McCarthy (Liturgical Press)

The Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP) is a membership organization of Catholic publishers, those who provide services to Catholic publishers, and individuals who work with Catholic publishers. The ACP provides opportunities for members to further the Catholic publishing industry, promote Catholic publishing and reading, and engage those they interact with, including retailers, pastoral leaders, individual customers, and staff.