I was blessed to attend and emcee the first ever CatholiCon this weekend. It was a lot of fun and it’s always inspiring to see Catholics coming together to brainstorm and learn about the best ways to share our Message with the world.
It was also a delight to meet so many new people and to shake the hands or share a meal with so many online friends. I even got to spend some time with some new media Catholics who are already becoming old friends now, too. I love these events.
The Catholic New Media Awards winners were also announced at a ceremony last night. And I’m pleased to say that the National Catholic Register took home some of the top prizes, winning “Best Group Blog” and “Best Overall Catholic Website.”
Congratulations to all of my fellow bloggers here at the Register! It humbles me everyday to be among such amazing writers and communicators of truth and light. I was happy to accept the extravagant trophy, prize money and praises on your behalf. I can assure you that I will put them to good use. I wasn’t able to video the acceptance speech, but it went a lot like this.
We also had some of our bloggers here at the Register win some awards individually.
Jennifer Fulwiler pretty much swept every possible category she was technically allowed to win with her Conversion Diary. She took first place in “Best Blog By A Woman,” “Best Written Blog,” “Most Spiritual Blog,” and “People’s Choice Blog.”
Simcha Fisher’s I Have to Sit Down took first place as “Funniest Blog.”
Pat and Matthew Archbold’s Creative Minority Report took 2nd prize in “Funniest Blog” and “People’s Choice Blog.”
And, finally, Mark Shea’s Catholic and Enjoying it won 2nd prize as “Best Blog By a Man.”
Congrats to all of you!
You can check out the full results from the Catholic New Media Awards here.
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Thanks, Matt! It’s true, the Archbolds are almost as funny as I am. And I’ll admit it: Jen Fulwiler is more of a woman. Congrats to everybody!
Congratulations! The awards are all well-deserved. Missed all the ‘old friends’ and new ones, but perhaps the Lord has Catholicon II in my future. :) Glad to hear it went well. Let’s continue to pray that it will bear fruit!
Congratulations to my fellow group bloggers! Congratulations especially to Jennifer and Simcha, as well as Mark and the Archbolds! Between Simcha and the Archbolds our bloggers dominate the humor category. And of course a big group hug for everyone at the Register for taking Best Overall Catholic Website. Let’s make it even better over the next year!
Greetings from Rome! I’m just starting my blog (in Spanish, sorry) and everything I read from everyone of you is just incredible and inspiring. It’s a privilege to be a Catholic blogger with you all. God Bless and be sure of my prayers!
Bravo and Brava to all!
Great job, everyone! Now, I would like all of you to write a blog entry about humility so this doesn’t go to your heads.
Matthew - I’m curious as to what the process was for determining the winners. Thanks.
Amy - It was by online voting. You can view the full results here, as well as browse around to see how it was conducted, etc. Hope that helps!
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