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Building on Fifty Years of Ecumenical Trends
Learn more about the history of Ecumenical Trends in this interview with Fr. Jim Loughran, SA and Dr. Aaron Hollander.
AWARDS
2024
Ecumenical Trends has been recognized in two categories at the 2024 Catholic Media Association Awards.
Aaron Hollander’s editorial coverage of the 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, “’For God’s Sake, Do Something Brave!’: Voices of Karlsruhe 2022 on Renewal, Reconciliation, and Realignment of the Heart – Part One,” in Ecumenical Trends 52.1 (Jan/Feb 2023): 16-28, has been awarded First Place in the category of “Best Coverage: Ecumenical and Interfaith Issues.”
Britta Carlson’s article, “Power and Suffering in the Church,” in Ecumenical Trends 52.2 (Feb/Mar 2023): 13-17, was awarded an Honorable Mention in the category of “Best Essay: Professional and Special Interest.”
2021
Ecumenical Trends won two awards this year in the annual Catholic Media Association Awards and Recognition Program, both in the “Best Essay” (Professional & Special Interest Magazines) category. “Catholic Environmental Ethics in a Franciscan Key” (March/April 2021), by Dr. Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF, was awarded Second Place; and “Mary’s Role in the Incarnation through the Lens of Luke” (September/October 2021), by the Rev. Dr. George T. Montague, SM, was awarded an Honorable Mention.
2019
In 2019, both Atonement Friar Fr. Elias D. Mallon, SA, and Ecumenical Trends, a publication of the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute, were honored for their contributions to Catholic media. Fr. Elias received Honorable Mention for his Blog CNEWA Connections on One-to-One, the blog of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. It is the fifth award/honorable mention Fr. Elias has received from the Catholic Press Association (CPA). Ecumenical Trends received an Honorable mention for its December 2018 article “The Ordination of Women Deacons – Ecumenical Possibilities” by Edward C. Andercheck. The article was recognized in the category of “Best Essay – Professional & Special-Interest Magazines, Including Clergy and Religious.” The Catholic Press Association announced the winners of the 2019 Catholic Press Awards at their annual conference which was held in St. Petersburg, FL. The awards were announced on June 21, 2019.