Journal wins 'best in class' in North American competition: Anglican media pick up total of 22 awards. (Canada).Anglican media, including the Anglican Journal, MinistryMatters magazine and the General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had Web site won a total of 22 awards in two competitions. In Indianapolis on April 29, the Associated Church Press, an international association of religious media, recognized the Journal as the best newspaper in its class. In addition to the award of excellence for best in class in which it competed with 11 other publications, the newspaper won seven awards in the North American-wide press organization. ACP (Associate Computing Professional) The award for successful completion of an examination in computers offered by the ICCP. It is geared to newcomers in the computing field. For more information, visit www.iccp.org. ACP - Algebra of Communicating Processes also recognized two other Anglican Church of Canada media. The General Synod Web site, anglican.ca, won four awards for its news content--including an award of excellence for news--and MinistryMatters, a magazine aimed at clergy and lay ministry leaders, won three awards. In a separate Canadian competition, the results of which were announced a few days later, the Journal took six additional awards, and MinistryMatters one. The Canadian Church Press gave the Journal three first prizes--for an opinion piece, for narrative nonfiction and for layout and design of an entire edition. MinistryMatters won a first prize for poetry. The newspaper also won honourable honourable or US honorable Adjective 1. principled 2. worthy of respect or esteem honourably adv Honourable Adjective mentions for original artwork, treatment of a news event and front page. The CCP (Certified Computer Professional) The award for successful completion of a comprehensive examination on computers offered by the ICCP. See ICCP and certification. . 1. (language) CCP - Concurrent Constraint Programming. 2. awards were announced on May 2 in Waterloo, Ont., at the organization's annual convention. The ACP judges' comments about the Journal for its 'best in class' award noted, "Featuring stories from across the globe in a balanced mix, the Anglican Journal delivers extremely well-written and well-reported stories on a fascinating variety of issues. Good layout and design support superb content." The awards are for the 2002 publishing year, when the newspaper was edited by Vianney (Sam) Carriere. Mr. Carriere is now acting director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. and information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. with General Synod. Jane Davidson Jane Davidson (born 1957) is the Labour Assembly Member for Pontypridd. She lives in Gwaelod-y-Garth with her husband and three children. She is also the Welsh Vice-President of the Ramblers' Association. , a staffwriter with the Journal, won an award of excellence for best feature article in a newspaper, for "Let the little children come to me," a story about children in the church. The October, 2002, feature competed in a category with 20 entries. Saskia Rowley, art director of the Journal and MinistryMatters, won an award of merit in the category of newspaper or newsletter design for an entire issue for the January, 2002, issue. The Journal also won five honourable mentions: Solange De Santis, staff writer, * in the category of news story (newspaper), for "Cabinet OKs church offer", (December 2002); Canon Gordon Baker, book * review editor, in the Category of media review section, for Fine Print, his book review column (September, October 2002); Ms. De Santis, in the critical review category, for "Bible * stories endless source of drama and (unintended) comedy", (April 2002); Mr. Carriere and Jane Davidson, in the category of * letters to the editor; Ms. Rowley, in the category of newspaper or newsletter front * page, December. Meanwhile, Leanne Larmondin, former Web site manager of the anglican.ca Web site and now acting editor of the Anglican Journal, won an award of excellence for "Dispute gives rise to licensing, property questions," a news story about a battle in the diocese of New Westminster New Westminster, city (1991 pop. 43,585), SW British Columbia, Canada, on the Fraser River, part of metropolitan Vancouver. Founded in 1859 as Queensborough, it was the capital of British Columbia until Victoria was made capital after the union of British Columbia . Ms. Larmondin also won an award of merit in the category of in-depth coverage (newspaper, newsletter, news service or Web site) for her treatment of the story of the approval of same-sex blessings in New Westminster. Ms. Larmondin and Keith Nunn, another former Web site manager, shared an honourable mention for their Web site section on Ms. Larmondin's 2002 trip to Africa. A feature about the modern-day Sunday school Sunday school, institution for instruction in religion and morals, usually conducted in churches as part of the church organization but sometimes maintained by other religious or philanthropic bodies. In England during the 18th cent. 'vanners' in the diocese of Calgary, entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Vanners still rolling in rural Alberta", also netted Ms. Larmondin an honourable mention in the category of feature article in a newsletter, news service or Web site. Finally, MinistryMatters won an award of excellence in the category of devotional de·vo·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, expressive of, or used in devotion, especially of a religious nature. n. A short religious service. de·vo or inspirational writing for Rev. Michael Thompson's Winter 2002, article "Life in the soup", an award of merit for Saskia Rowley's design of the Winter 2002, issue and another award of merit in the category of feature article (special interest magazine) for Rev. Brian Pearson's article entitled "When hate came calling." Founded in 1916, ACP comprises nearly 200 publications, Web sites and news services. The Canadian Church Press first prize awards went to Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 , the Canadian Anglican primate primate, member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers. , for a letter to Anglicans following the announcement of the residential schools agreement with the federal government; Mr. Carriere for an obituary of Canon John Rye, former mission co-ordinator for Africa and the Middle East, and to Ms. Rowley for design. Huntsville, Ont., writer Mel Malton won first prize for a poem entitled Beyond the Door published in MinistryMatters. Honourable mentions went to artist Anna Payne-Krzyzanowski for a work entitled Easter in Art, to Journal writers Ms. Larmondin, Ms. Davidson and Ms. De Santis for coverage of the same-sex blessing issue in New Westminster, and Ms. Rowley for the design of a front page. |
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