Association of Catholic Publishers •
News Release
April 9, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Therese Brown, tbrown@catholicpublishers.org
ACP Announces Finalists for 2014 “Excellence in Publishing Awards”
Book Award Finalists Focus on Current Issues of Human Experience
BALTIMORE, MD — The Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP) is pleased to announce the
finalists for the new Excellence 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.
Awards will be given for books falling into nine categories: Biography, Children’s Books,
General Interest, Inspirational, Prayer and Spirituality, Resources for Ministry, Scripture, Spanish,
and Theology. A “Book of the Year” will be named from among the first-place finishers of the nine
categories.
“This year’s finalists reflect a range of topics that are timely like Pope Francis,
evangelization, and social media,” noted Therese Brown, ACP’s executive director. “At the same
time, a number of them also address a depth of human-sacred experience that explores the fragility
and tenuousness of our lives. The call to live the Gospel, to evangelize, to bring the brokenness of
our lives to our loving and all-embracing God is striking.”
Each category was judged by a three-person panel, which reviewed and evaluated the
entries down to up to eight titles, all of which will move on to the final round of judging. First,
second, and third place winners will be announced at the RBTE.
The finalists by category are:
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Biography
Deathbed Conversions (Our Sunday Visitor); Julian's Gospel (Orbis Books); Pope Francis
(Our Sunday Visitor); When the Gospel Grows Feet (Liturgical Press)
Children’s Books
Dear God, I Don't Get It (Liguori Publications); Holy Goals for Body and Soul (Ave Maria
Press); Jesus Speaks to Me about Easter (The Word Among Us); The Prayer of St. Francis
(Paulist Press); Totally Catholic! (Pauline Books & Media)
General Interest
Faith Meets World (Liguori Publications); Faith That Transforms Us: Reflections on the Creed
(The Word Among Us); Go to Joseph (World Library Publications); Living by Faith, Dwelling
in Doubt: A Story of Belief, Uncertainty, and Boundless Love (Loyola Press); Rock-Bottom
Blessings: Discovering God’s Abundance When All Seems Lost (Loyola Press); Six Sacred Rules
for Families (Ave Maria Press); The Church (Image Books)
Inspirational
Atchison Blue (Ave Maria Press); Blessed By Less: Clearing Your Life of Clutter by Living
Lightly (Loyola Press); Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads (Loyola Press); Rich in
Years (Plough Publishing); Strange Gods (Ave Maria Press); When Faith Feels Fragile
(Pauline Books & Media)
Prayer & Spirituality
Meditations on Vatican Art (Liguori Publications); Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on
Following Jesus (Crossroad Publishing); Pleading, Cursing, Praising (Liturgical Press); The
First Spiritual Exercises (Ave Maria Press); The Way of the Cross (Orbis Books); Why Bother
Praying? (Paulist Press)
Resources for Ministry
Adaptive Confirmation Preparation Kit: For Individuals with Autism and Other Special Needs
(Loyola Press); Latino Catholicism (Liguori Publications); Rebuilt (Ave Maria Press);
Redeeming Administration (Ave Maria Press); The Social Media Gospel (Liturgical Press);
When Parents Divorce or Separate (Pauline Books & Media)
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Scripture
Accompanied by a Believing Wife (Liturgical Press); Jesus Risen in our Midst (Liturgical
Press); Naked, and You Clothed Me (Clear Faith Publishing); Scripture in the Parish
(Liturgical Press); St. Paul and the New Evangelization (Liturgical Press); Threshold Bible
Study: Acts of the Apostles [1-14]; Church of the Holy Spirit, Part One (Twenty-Third
Publications)
Spanish
Jorge de Argintina (Pauline Books & Media); La justicia brota de la fe: Formación en la
Doctrina Social Católica de la Iglesia (RENEW International); Porqué importan los niños
(Plough Publishing); Recen Por Mi (Pray for Me) (Image Books)
Theology
Catholic Identity or Identities (Liturgical Press); In Quest of the Jewish Mary (Orbis Books):
Jesus. An Historical Approximation (Convivium Press); The Liturgy Documents, Volume Three:
Foundational Documents on the Origins and Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium
(Liturgy Training Publications); Walking with Mary (Image Books); When Faith Goes Viral:
11 Success Stories of the New Evangelization (Crossroad Publishing); Where Justice and
Mercy Meet (Liturgical Press); World Religions and Contemporary Issues: How Evolving Views
on Ecology, Peace, and Women Are Impacting Faith Today (Twenty-Third Publications)
A brief explanation of each category follows. Books in the “Biography” category must be
about Catholics whose work has made a valuable contribution to the Church and the world on a
local level or a universal level. “Children’s Books” are for ages up 18. These titles may provide
instruction on specific aspects or general information about the Catholic faith, the Church, or
Catholicism.
Books in the “General Interest” category include Church history, collections of essays by
theologians or important Catholic thinkers. The “Inspirational” book category focuses on
devotional, spiritual, and meditation books and books on saints, holy people, and stories related to
people living their faith. “Prayer and Spirituality” are books centered on prayer or spiritual
reflection, and include any theme for organizing and presenting such content.
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“Resources for Ministry,” includes any book that serves as a faith formation tool in parish
ministry for sacrament preparation, catechesis (other than basal programs), adult faith formation,
and for use in enrichment programs. The category of “Scripture” includes books about Scripture,
whether scholarly treatments of particular books or collections of books of the Bible. Bibles are
excluded from this category.
“Spanish” titles may be from any awards category, but they must be originally published in
Spanish for the U.S. market. “Theology” includes books on the topic of Catholic theology, whether
scholarly monographs or more popular treatments of theological aspects of Catholic teaching on,
for example, the sacraments, the nature of the Church.
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.
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To schedule interviews, contact Therese Brown at 410-988-2926 or at
tbrown@catholicpublishers.org.
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