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Father Jack Wintz of St. Anthony Messenger magazine received an Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Award, honorable mention, for his article “Zamboanga: Land of Hope for Christian-Muslim Dialogue.” The story appeared in the magazine’s August 2008 issue. The award was presented during the 2009 Catholic Media Convention in Anaheim, Calif.
The article competed in the category, “Catholic Magazines, For Single Article with Worldwide Missionary Theme.” The O’Meara Awards recognize excellence in world mission news coverage.
Father Jack traveled to the Philippines in January 2008 to attend the concert, document the making of our film and report on Christian-Muslim dialogue in the Philippines. His article gives a vivid look at his trip, including interviews with Fatima, a 15-year-old Muslim girl in the CFCA-Zamboanga program; Maribel, a CFCA-Zamboanga staff member; and CFCA President and Co-founder Bob Hentzen.
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Executive Producer Paul Pearce, Producer Loretta Kline and I traveled to Anaheim, Calif., where we conducted a workshop about the making of the documentary for attendees of the Catholic Media Convention, May 27 – 29).
The workshop was part of the annual conference, a joint effort of the Catholic Press Association and the Catholic Academy of Communication Arts Professionals. Our associate Bernadette joined us for the conference and manned the CFCA booth during our talk.
The documentary was also the theme of our booth, as you can see in the photo.
CFCA Booth
It piqued a lot of interest, and we grew our newsletter list and had the opportunity to introduce the attendees to the story of the kids, the concert, CFCA’s work in the region and Music Director Barclay Martin’s journey.
During our presentation, Paul read from Barclay’s journal. The audience connected with the depth and beauty of the passages. As the film reveals the lives of and insights from vibrant teens facing daily struggles, it’s also an invitation for everyone to reflect on the path each of us takes and coming to new realizations about our shared journey with the poor.
At the end of the workshop, the participants were full of enthusiasm for the film, for Barclay’s music and for sharing ideas for screening the film when it’s finished. Feel free to chime in, too, with any group-screening ideas – and please e-mail us if your group or organization would like to screen the film when it’s ready.
Special thanks to the conference organizers and to all of the people we met. We were really pleased by the interest everyone showed in the film, but we were overwhelmed with the warmth and generosity of spirit that reached out to embrace us and the people CFCA serves.
The theme of the event was “New Media for the Good News,” so social media messaging abounded. A constant Twitter stream flowed throughout the weekend.
